Felix Bloch
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Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Felix Bloch canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T57175 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Felix Bloch Context triple: [Los Alamos Laboratory, employed, Felix Bloch]
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A.
I. I. Rabi
I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
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B.
Julian Schwinger
Julian Schwinger was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory.
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C.
Eugene Wigner
Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of symmetries profoundly shaped modern physics.
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D.
Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-inventors of the transistor.
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E.
Otto Frisch
Otto Frisch was an Austrian-British physicist best known for co-discovering nuclear fission and contributing to the early development of atomic weapons during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Felix Bloch Target entity description: Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
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A.
I. I. Rabi
I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
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B.
Julian Schwinger
Julian Schwinger was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory.
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C.
Eugene Wigner
Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of symmetries profoundly shaped modern physics.
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D.
Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-inventors of the transistor.
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E.
Otto Frisch
Otto Frisch was an Austrian-British physicist best known for co-discovering nuclear fission and contributing to the early development of atomic weapons during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physics
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Swiss-American ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Max Planck Medal
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Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Switzerland
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-10-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-09-10 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Werner Heisenberg ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
ETH Zurich
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surface form:
ETH Zürich
University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| employer |
ETH Zurich
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surface form:
ETH Zürich
Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| familyName | Bloch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nuclear magnetic resonance
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nuclear physics ⓘ physics ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Felix ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Physical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| movement | quantum mechanics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeSharedWith |
Edward M. Purcell
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surface form:
Edward Mills Purcell
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| NobelPrizeYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
formulation of Bloch equations for nuclear magnetization dynamics
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foundational work in solid-state physics ⓘ introduction of Bloch waves to describe electrons in crystals ⓘ pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Charles P. Slichter ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bloch equations
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Bloch waves ⓘ
surface form:
Bloch theorem
Bloch waves ⓘ theory of nuclear induction ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Zurich
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surface form:
Zürich
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| placeOfDeath |
Zurich
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surface form:
Zürich
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| positionHeld |
first director-general of CERN
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professor at Stanford University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Felix Bloch Description of subject: Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
Referenced by (10)
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subject surface form:
ETH Zurich