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Crown challenge Born in about 287 bce in Syracuse on the island of Sicily, Archimedes was taught in Alexandria, Egypt, at the school of Greek mathematician Euclid. He enjoyed using MATHEMATICS to solve problems and was given a challenge to work out if King Hiero II’s crown was made of pure gold.
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What came before… The world’s first book about geometry was developed by Hippocrates of Chios (470–410 bce) – a merchant turned mathematician, known for his work with circles and cubes. 12
The Wheel of theodorus, a spiral of consecutive right triangles, was constructed by mathematics wizard Theodorus of Cyrene (465–398 bce). He also studied square roots and irrational numbers.
