You and Your Research
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"You and Your Research" is a famous 1986 talk by mathematician Richard Hamming about how scientists and engineers can do truly significant, high-impact work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| You and Your Research canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5036927 — 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: You and Your Research Context triple: [Richard W. Hamming, notableWork, You and Your Research]
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A.
Science as a Vocation
Science as a Vocation is a seminal 1919 lecture-essay by sociologist Max Weber that examines the ethical, existential, and professional meaning of pursuing science in modern, rationalized society.
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B.
Essays of an Information Scientist
Essays of an Information Scientist is a multi-volume collection of influential articles by Eugene Garfield that helped shape the fields of bibliometrics, citation analysis, and the evaluation of scientific literature.
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C.
The Capstone of Higher Education
The Capstone of Higher Education is the official motto of the University of Alabama, expressing its aspiration to represent the pinnacle of academic excellence and leadership in higher education.
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D.
Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society
Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society is a foundational work in science and technology studies that examines how scientific facts and technological artifacts are socially constructed through networks of people, practices, and institutions.
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E.
Dowling Review of Business–University Research Collaborations
The Dowling Review of Business–University Research Collaborations is an influential report led by engineer Ann Dowling that examines how to strengthen partnerships between UK businesses and universities to drive innovation and economic growth.
- 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: You and Your Research Target entity description: "You and Your Research" is a famous 1986 talk by mathematician Richard Hamming about how scientists and engineers can do truly significant, high-impact work.
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A.
Science as a Vocation
Science as a Vocation is a seminal 1919 lecture-essay by sociologist Max Weber that examines the ethical, existential, and professional meaning of pursuing science in modern, rationalized society.
-
B.
Essays of an Information Scientist
Essays of an Information Scientist is a multi-volume collection of influential articles by Eugene Garfield that helped shape the fields of bibliometrics, citation analysis, and the evaluation of scientific literature.
-
C.
The Capstone of Higher Education
The Capstone of Higher Education is the official motto of the University of Alabama, expressing its aspiration to represent the pinnacle of academic excellence and leadership in higher education.
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D.
Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society
Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society is a foundational work in science and technology studies that examines how scientific facts and technological artifacts are socially constructed through networks of people, practices, and institutions.
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E.
Dowling Review of Business–University Research Collaborations
The Dowling Review of Business–University Research Collaborations is an influential report led by engineer Ann Dowling that examines how to strengthen partnerships between UK businesses and universities to drive innovation and economic growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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lecture ⓘ talk ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
encourage scientists to pursue important problems
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improve effectiveness of researchers ⓘ |
| author | Richard Hamming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedAs |
online article
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printed essay ⓘ transcript ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
motivational talk
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professional advice ⓘ |
| hasPart |
advice on choosing important problems
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advice on time management ⓘ discussion of age and creativity ⓘ discussion of courage in research ⓘ discussion of great scientists’ habits ⓘ discussion of luck and preparation ⓘ discussion of open doors versus closed doors ⓘ discussion of selling your work ⓘ discussion of working conditions ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
importance of problem selection
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long-term thinking in research ⓘ personal responsibility for career direction ⓘ role of environment in creativity ⓘ |
| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| influenced |
research culture in computer science
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research culture in engineering ⓘ thinking about scientific productivity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
career development in science
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creativity in science ⓘ high-impact work ⓘ research productivity ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
"Great scientists have courage."
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"If you do not work on an important problem, it's unlikely you'll do important work." ⓘ "Knowledge and productivity are like compound interest." ⓘ |
| originallyPresentedAt |
Bell Communications Research Colloquium
NERFINISHED
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Bell Labs research seminar ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Murray Hill, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bell Communications Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaker | Richard Hamming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
engineers
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graduate students ⓘ research managers ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: You and Your Research Description of subject: "You and Your Research" is a famous 1986 talk by mathematician Richard Hamming about how scientists and engineers can do truly significant, high-impact work.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.