Archimedes of Syracuse

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:physicist
gptkb:Mathematician
gptkb:patent
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkb:Ancient_Greece
gptkbp:birth_date c. 287 BC
gptkbp:born gptkb:Syracuse
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Syracuse
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Hero_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkb:Apollonius_of_Perga
gptkbp:contribution Calculus
Statistical mechanics
Hydrostatics
gptkbp:death_date c. 212 BC
gptkbp:famous_quote Eureka!
Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the earth.
gptkbp:field gptkb:physicist
gptkb:Mathematician
Engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Archimedes of Syracuse
gptkbp:influence Mathematical analysis
Engineering principles
Modern physics
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Euclid
gptkbp:invention gptkb:Archimedes'_heat_ray
gptkb:Claw_of_Archimedes
Catapult
Water pump
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:The_Archimedean_screw
Mathematical physics
Archimedes' principle
Calculating pi
gptkbp:legacy Mathematical rigor
Archimedean solids
Archimedes' principle in fluid mechanics
gptkbp:notable_feature Buoyancy
Lever principle
gptkbp:notable_work On the Sphere and Cylinder
Measurement of a Circle
On Floating Bodies
On the Equilibrium of Planes
gptkbp:philosophy Geometry
Mechanics
Scientific method
Mathematical philosophy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siracusa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4