Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
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Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race is a satirical, faux-textbook-style overview of human civilization and culture, presented as if explaining humanity to alien visitors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1272231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race Context triple: [Jon Stewart, notableWork, Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race]
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A.
The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space
"The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space" is a children’s science book co-authored by astronaut Sally Ride that introduces young readers to Earth’s features and environment as seen from space.
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B.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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C.
The Lives of the Planets
"The Lives of the Planets" is an episode of Carl Sagan’s landmark science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origins, evolution, and diverse characteristics of the planets in our solar system.
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D.
A Message From Earth
A Message From Earth is a digital time capsule containing messages and images from people around the world that was beamed into space toward the exoplanet Gliese 581c in 2008 as a form of interstellar communication.
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E.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race Target entity description: Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race is a satirical, faux-textbook-style overview of human civilization and culture, presented as if explaining humanity to alien visitors.
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A.
The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space
"The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space" is a children’s science book co-authored by astronaut Sally Ride that introduces young readers to Earth’s features and environment as seen from space.
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B.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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C.
The Lives of the Planets
"The Lives of the Planets" is an episode of Carl Sagan’s landmark science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origins, evolution, and diverse characteristics of the planets in our solar system.
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D.
A Message From Earth
A Message From Earth is a digital time capsule containing messages and images from people around the world that was beamed into space toward the exoplanet Gliese 581c in 2008 as a form of interstellar communication.
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E.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
humor book ⓘ satirical book ⓘ |
| author |
Jon Stewart
ⓘ
The Daily Show ⓘ
surface form:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
|
| award | Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Daily Show
ⓘ
surface form:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
|
| contains |
charts
ⓘ
diagrams ⓘ photographs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| format | faux textbook ⓘ |
| frameNarrative | guide for alien visitors to Earth ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
non-fiction humor ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| illustrated | true ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 044657922X ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780446579223 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PN6231.H8 ⓘ |
| marketedAs | companion to America (The Book) ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | addressed to alien visitors ⓘ |
| notableFor | parody of educational textbooks ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 535493087 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| predecessor | America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010-09-21 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grand Central Publishing ⓘ |
| setting | post-human future ⓘ |
| style | mock reference book ⓘ |
| subject |
human civilization
ⓘ
human culture ⓘ |
| tone |
irreverent
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| topic |
culture
ⓘ
history of Earth ⓘ human biology ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| workOf |
Jon Stewart
ⓘ
surface form:
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writers
|
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Subject: Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race Description of subject: Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race is a satirical, faux-textbook-style overview of human civilization and culture, presented as if explaining humanity to alien visitors.
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