Greek Scientist and mathematician best know for his work with levers; created the death ray using mirrirs and developed the displacement theory of measuring volume.

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Greek Scientist and mathematician best know for his work with levers; created the “death ray” using mirrirs and developed the displacement theory of measuring volume.

A	Aristole
B	Plato
C	Archimedes
D	Pythagoras

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Archimedes, (born c. 287 bce, Syracuse, Sicily [Italy]-died 212/211 bce, Syracuse), the most famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archimedes was the first to mathematically describe how levers work and famously said: “Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the earth with a lever.” And give me a long enough wheel wrench and I might just be able to change my next flat tyre for myself!

Detailed explanation-3: -Archimedes was well known for his inventions and scientific discoveries. The most famous of these were the Archimedes’ Screw (a device for raising water that is still used in crop irrigation and sewage treatment plants today) and Archimedes’ principle of buoyancy.

Detailed explanation-4: -In each case, his practical contributions sprang from a theoretical explanation. Where the lever was concerned, Archimedes explained the underlying ratios of force, load, and distance from the fulcrum point, and provided a law governing the use of levers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Euclid, Greek Eukleides, (flourished c. 300 bce, Alexandria, Egypt), the most prominent mathematician of Greco-Roman antiquity, best known for his treatise on geometry, the Elements.

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