Referred to as the father of integral calculus, he initiated the sciences of hydrostatics, static mechanics and pycnometry (the measurement of the volume or density of an object). He was killed by a Roman soldier who did not know who he was.
- Isaac Newton
- Pythagoras
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Archimedes
Answer
The correct answer is D) Archimedes.
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