Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:historical_figure
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Tale_of_Tales
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| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkb:ancient_Greece Syracusan school of thought |
| gptkbp:birth_date |
c. 287 BC
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| gptkbp:born |
gptkb:Syracuse
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| gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Syracuse
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| gptkbp:contribution |
gptkb:Mathematician
hydrostatics statics pulleys levers |
| gptkbp:death_date |
c. 212 BC
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| gptkbp:famous_quote |
Eureka!
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the earth. There are things which are not worth the doing. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. |
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:Mathematician
physics engineering |
| gptkbp:full_name |
gptkb:Archimedes_of_Syracuse
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Archimede
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Conon_of_Samos
gptkb:Euclid |
| gptkbp:known_for |
gptkb:Mathematician
gptkb:Archimedean_screw geometry mechanics Archimedes' principle principle of buoyancy the approximation of pi the invention of war machines the law of the lever the principle of the lever the concept of center of gravity |
| gptkbp:legacy |
gptkb:Archimedean_solid
Archimedean spiral Archimedes' principle in fluid mechanics |
| gptkbp:notable_work |
On the Sphere and Cylinder
Measurement of a Circle On Floating Bodies The Method of Mechanical Theorems On the Equilibrium of Planes |