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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Ἀρχιμήδης	1

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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 ⓘ

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