Archimedes

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ancient Greek mathematician astronomer classical Greek scientist engineer human inventor physicist

Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer renowned for foundational contributions to geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics that shaped later scientific thought.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Archimedes canonical 31
Archimedes of Syracuse 5
Ἀρχιμήδης 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek mathematician ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
classical Greek scientist ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
approximateBirthDate circa 287 BC ⓘ
approximateDeathDate circa 212 BC ⓘ
associatedWith Crossbow ⓘ
surface form: Archimedes' claw

Siege of Syracuse ⓘ
ancient Greek science ⓘ
burning mirrors ⓘ
birthPlace Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece

Magna Graecia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed by a Roman soldier ⓘ
citizenship Syracuse ⓘ
deathPlace Syracuse ⓘ
educatedAt Library of Alexandria ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
famousQuotation Eureka ⓘ
Give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth ⓘ
field engineering ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
hydrostatics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
hasConceptNamedAfter Archimedean property of real numbers ⓘ
surface form: Archimedean property

Archimedean screw ⓘ
Archimedean solids ⓘ
surface form: Archimedean solid

Archimedes' spiral ⓘ
surface form: Archimedean spiral

Archimedes' principle ⓘ
influenced Galileo Galilei ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
Johannes Kepler ⓘ
classical mechanics ⓘ
modern mathematics ⓘ
influencedBy Euclid ⓘ
Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
knownFor Archimedean property of real numbers ⓘ
Archimedean screw ⓘ
Archimedean solids ⓘ
Archimedes' principle ⓘ
Archimedes' spiral ⓘ
approximation methods in calculus ⓘ
calculation of π ⓘ
compound pulleys ⓘ
hydrostatics ⓘ
lever law ⓘ
method of exhaustion ⓘ
statics ⓘ
work on centers of gravity ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
name Archimedes self-link ⓘ
nativeName Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ἀρχιμήδης
notableWork On Conoids and Spheroids ⓘ
On Floating Bodies ⓘ
On Spirals ⓘ
On the Equilibrium of Planes ⓘ
On the Measurement of the Circle ⓘ
On the Sphere and Cylinder ⓘ
Quadrature of the Parabola ⓘ
The Method of Mechanical Theorems ⓘ
The Sand Reckoner ⓘ
placeOfActivity Alexandria ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galileo Galilei → influencedBy → Archimedes ⓘ
Archimedes → name → Archimedes self-link ⓘ
Archimedes → nativeName → Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ἀρχιμήδης
Hellenistic period → notableFigure → Archimedes ⓘ
Aristarchus of Samos → mentionedBy → Archimedes ⓘ
Syracuse, Sicily → knownFor → Archimedes ⓘ
Syracuse, Sicily → notablePerson → Archimedes ⓘ
Euclid → influenced → Archimedes ⓘ
Syracuse → wasHomeOf → Archimedes ⓘ
Archimedean screw → hasInventor → Archimedes ⓘ
Archimedean screw → hasAttribution → Archimedes ⓘ
Archimedean solids → namedAfter → Archimedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archimedes of Syracuse
Archimedes' spiral → namedAfter → Archimedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archimedes of Syracuse
Archimedes' spiral → studiedBy → Archimedes ⓘ
Archimedean property of real numbers → historicallyNamedAfter → Archimedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archimedes of Syracuse
On the Sphere and Cylinder → author → Archimedes ⓘ
On the Sphere and Cylinder → attributedTo → Archimedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archimedes of Syracuse
On the Measurement of the Circle → author → Archimedes ⓘ
On the Measurement of the Circle → relatedTo → Archimedes ⓘ
On Floating Bodies → author → Archimedes ⓘ
On the Equilibrium of Planes → author → Archimedes ⓘ
The Sand Reckoner → author → Archimedes ⓘ
On Spirals → author → Archimedes ⓘ
Siege of Syracuse → notablePerson → Archimedes ⓘ
Archimedes' principle → namedAfter → Archimedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archimedes of Syracuse
Archimedes' principle → discoveredBy → Archimedes ⓘ
Quadrature of the Parabola → author → Archimedes ⓘ
On Conoids and Spheroids → author → Archimedes ⓘ
The Method of Mechanical Theorems → author → Archimedes ⓘ
Anthemius of Tralles → influencedBy → Archimedes ⓘ
Western mathematics → hasKeyFigure → Archimedes ⓘ
Thabit ibn Qurra → influencedBy → Archimedes ⓘ
Thomas Heath → studied → Archimedes ⓘ
Guidobaldo del Monte → studied → Archimedes ⓘ
Hellenistic astronomy → hasNotableAstronomer → Archimedes ⓘ
Syracusans → notableCitizen → Archimedes ⓘ
Rue Archimède / Archimedesstraat → namedAfter → Archimedes ⓘ