Little is known of his life but his works have had a very great influence on the development of mathematics, in particular his famous book Conics introduced terms which are familiar to us today such as parabola , ellipse and hyperbola .
Vähe on teada tema elu, kuid tema teosed on olnud väga suur mõju arengule matemaatika, eelkõige oma kuulsa raamatu Koonuselõiked kehtestatud tingimustel, mis on tuttav meile täna nagu parabool, ellips ja hüperbool.