I am known as one of the three greatest mathematicians of all time, along with Newton and Gauss.

He was known by many as "the wise one." Others referred to him as "the master." However, he was
most well known as "the great geometer."

Archimedes probably got his interest of mathematics from his father, Phidias, who was an
astronomer. He was so interested in solving problems, that it more or less became his hobby. It was
said that he was consumed with solving problems, that he often times forgot to eat. His real hunger
was to learn as much as he could about mathematics. This led him to be a student in Euclid's
school, to further his mathematical knowledge.

Also an engineer, inventor and astronomer, Archimedes was best known throughout most of history
for his military innovations like his siege engines and mirrors to harness and focus the power of the
sun, as well as levers, pulleys and pumps (including the famous screw pump known as Archimedes’
Screw, which is still used today in some parts of the world for irrigation).

But his true love was pure mathematics, and the discovery in 1906 of previously unknown works,
referred to as the "Archimedes Palimpsest", has provided new insights into how he obtained his
mathematical results. Today, Archimedes is widely considered to have been one of the greatest
mathematicians of antiquity, if not of all time, in the august company of mathematicians such
as Newton and Gauss.

I produced formulas to calculate the areas

of regular shapes, using a revolutionary
method of capturing new shapes by using
shapes he already understood. For
example, to estimate the area of a circle, he
constructed a larger polygon outside the
circle and a smaller one inside it. He first
enclosed the circle in a triangle, then in a
square, pentagon, hexagon, etc, etc, each Approximation of the area of circle by Archimedes’ method of exhaustion
time approximating the area of the circle
more closely.

Archimedes discovered the method of measuring the volume of an irregularly shaped object. There is an anecdote how
he discovered that method. According to a source, King Hiero II was asked him to see his votive, pure gold crown for any
impurities, specifically silver, as he did not trust the goldsmith. The challenge was to determine that without damaging
the crown and the only way to do it was by melting it to determine its density. He stumbled upon the method of
calculating the density of the crown when he was taking a bath. He realized that his body mass made the water rise up
so he applied the same method to determine crown’s density. Turned out the density of the crown was lower when
submerged into water which meant that indeed less dense matter was added to it.