Archimedes

GPTKB entity

Statements (75)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:author gptkb:Measurement_of_a_Circle
gptkb:On_Floating_Bodies
gptkb:On_the_Equilibrium_of_Planes
gptkb:On_the_Sphere_and_Cylinder
gptkb:Stomachion
gptkb:The_Method_of_Mechanical_Theorems
gptkb:The_Quadrature_of_the_Parabola
gptkb:The_Sand_Reckoner
On Conoids and Spheroids
On Spirals
gptkbp:birthDate c. 287 BC
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Syracuse
gptkbp:causeOfDeath killed by Roman soldier
gptkbp:deathDate c. 212 BC
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Syracuse
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Siege_of_Syracuse
gptkbp:era Ancient Greece
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:mathematics
engineering
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Archimedes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkb:Leonardo_da_Vinci
gptkb:Rene_Descartes
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Archimedean_solids
gptkb:Archimedean_spiral
gptkb:Archimedes'_cattle_problem
gptkb:Archimedes'_principle
gptkb:Archimedes'_screw
gptkb:quadrature_of_the_parabola
levers
calculation of pi
compound pulleys
floating bodies
hydrostatics
mathematical proofs
method of exhaustion
sand reckoner
statics
surface area of a sphere
volume of a sphere
war machines
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Archimedes'_tomb
gptkb:Archimedes_Palimpsest
Archimedean solids in geometry
Archimedean spiral in mathematics
Archimedes' law of the lever
Archimedes' principle used in fluid mechanics
Archimedes' screw used in irrigation
Archimedes' war machines defended Syracuse
inspiration for later scientists and engineers
gptkbp:memberOf Ptolemaic court (possibly)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Phidias
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Conon_of_Samos
Euclid (possibly)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Sicily
gptkb:geometry
gptkb:ancient_Greece
gptkb:Galileo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4