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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Christ's_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1925-02-04
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:Eric_Christopher_Zeeman
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Japan
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gptkbp:children
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6
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gptkbp:deathDate
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2016-02-23
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Oxford,_England
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Shaun_Wylie
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:topology
dynamical systems
catastrophe theory
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gptkbp:honor
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gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Senior_Whitehead_Prize
Knighthood
Honorary Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sir Christopher Zeeman
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gptkbp:influenced
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catastrophe theory in biology and social sciences
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Shaun_Wylie
gptkb:René_Thom
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Zeeman's_catastrophe_machine
work in topology
catastrophe theory
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gptkbp:lectures
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gptkb:Mathematics_into_Pictures
gptkb:Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures_(1978)
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:London_Mathematical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:position
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principal of Hertford College, Oxford
founding director of Warwick Mathematics Institute
founding professor of mathematics at University of Warwick
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Catastrophe_Theory:_Selected_Papers,_1972–1977
gptkb:The_Classification_of_Elementary_Catastrophes
gptkb:The_Topology_of_the_Brain_and_Visual_Perception
Applications of Catastrophe Theory
Dihomology and Duality for Fibre Bundles
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Elizabeth_Salter
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gptkbp:thesisTitle
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Dihomology
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gptkbp:thesisYear
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1953
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gptkbp:workInstitution
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gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Warwick
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:St_Paul's_School,_London
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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