Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth. - Archimedes

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Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.

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About Archimedes

Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, philosopher, scientist and engineer.

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Native Name: Ἀρχιμήδης ὁ Συρακόσιος
Alternative Names: Archimedes of Syracuse
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Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.
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I am persuaded that it [The Method of Mechanical Theorems] will be of no little service to mathematics; for I apprehend that some, either of my contemporaries or of my successors, will, by means of the method when once established, be able to discover other theorems in addition, which have not yet occurred to me.
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