"Eureka, Eureka, Eureka"! I've found it," screamed Archimedes as he was running through the streets of Sicily in his birthday suit. Archimedes had finally discovered volume. After about ten years of drawing math diagrams in the sand and dirt, Archimedes had finally discovered volume.
             Archimedes was born in Syracuse Sicily in 287 B.C. His father Phidias was a famous astronomer. Growing up Archimedes lived in Syracuse for most of his childhood. As Archimedes was growing up, his childhood became very boring. Back then, there wasn't a whole lot to do so most of the time he would play in sand and the dirt. While he would play in the dirt and sand, he would do math problems on the sand with either his finger or a rock. After doing these in the sand and dirt everyday for about ten years, he finally came up with what we now call surface area and volume. When he was discovering these, he would forget to do anything else including bath, eat, and sleep. He had to concentrate so hard to be successful. When Archimedes became old enough to go to school, he attended school at Euclids School in Alexandria Egypt. He became so intrigued in his studied that sometimes he would forget to eat for many days. After he graduated from Euclids School, he moved back to Syracuse wher!
             e he continued to pursue mathematics. He Became so indulged in mathematics that he would bath in oil so when he came out of the bath, he could do math problems on himself by drawing with his finger on his body and carving out the oil.
             Though resources were low in Syracuse, Archimedes found ways to accomplish his mathematics. His approximation of pi was most accurate of his time. Archimedes accomplished many things during his lifetime. One of his major accomplishments was the "Archimedes Screw". Archimedes invented this device which is still used today. Archimedes Screw deals with irrigation. It's lifting water from streams to higher l...