Rome - Practical genius of Archimedes
June 9, 2013, Sunday
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THE great Greek inventor of antiquity, Archimedes, is the star of an unprecedented exhibition in Rome, which includes modern applications of some of his best-known discoveries.
"We owe him some revolutionary inventions," said Umberto Broccoli, head of cultural heritage in the Italian capital. "He was a precursor to Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein - an inventive genius par excellence."
The exhibition runs through January 12.
Archimedes, born in 287 BC, was a physicist, engineer, astronomer and inventor. He combined mathematical reasoning and the formulation of theories that are still taught in schools 2,300 years later, to achieve concrete solutions.
"We owe him some revolutionary inventions," said Umberto Broccoli, head of cultural heritage in the Italian capital. "He was a precursor to Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein - an inventive genius par excellence."
The exhibition runs through January 12.
Archimedes, born in 287 BC, was a physicist, engineer, astronomer and inventor. He combined mathematical reasoning and the formulation of theories that are still taught in schools 2,300 years later, to achieve concrete solutions.
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