What was Archimedes' contribution to science?

The most famous contribution was Archimedes' principle. This says that an object placed in water displaces an amount of water equal to the submerged volume. read more

Archimedes lived in Syracuse between 287 and 212 BCE. During his life, Archimedes advanced the human understanding of physics by developing the fields of hydrostatics and statics, as well as improving the understanding of the lever, according to Wikipedia. read more

The most famous contribution was Archimedes' principle. This says that an object placed in water displaces an amount of water equal to the submerged volume. An object floats if the displaced water is heavier than the object; this is useful for building ships that don't sink. read more

Archimedes knew that the circumference of a circle equals 2 x π x r, where r is the circle’s radius. Here is how Archimedes calculated the circumference of a circle of known radius, and hence found π. read more

Archimedes was a great practical scientist, but above all, he lived up to the Greek ethos of carrying out blue sky research. He worked on mathematical problems for the sake of mathematics itself, not to solve practical problems. read more