The Most Famous Scientist of His Era, Archimedes of Syracuse

question 63

Multiple Choice

The most famous scientist of his era, Archimedes of Syracuse, was responsible for all of the following except

• A)uniting the disciplines of science and philosophy.
• B)designing military devices to thwart siege attackers.
• C)creating the science of hydrostatics.
• D)establishing the value of the mathematical constant pi.
• E)work on the geometry of spheres and cylinders.

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