Mathematics
Determined this value more accurately than ever before
What is Pi
What is Syracuse, Sicily
He was an accomplished engineer but loved this
What is Mathematics
Proved that two-thirds the volume (2/3 V) of a circumscribed cylinder is equal to this
What is the volume of a sphere
He was born at this time
What is 287 B.C.
What is contraptions and machines
He was the first to use the concept of
What is infinity
His father, an astronomer, was named this
Who is Phidias
His greatest contributions were made in this math subject
He created a way of counting that refers to the number of zero's in a number. Later developed into what we now call Scientific Notation
What is Powers of Ten
He was killed during the capture of Syracuse by the Romans in this war
What is The Second Punic War
Discovered how to figure out the area under the arc of a parabola and above a line passing through the parabola by using this method.
What is exhaustion
He believed in gaining this for the sake of learning, rather than for the purposes of gaining fame
Famous for coining this phrase