Nicholas Kurti
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British physicist
Hungarian-born British physicist
academic
low-temperature physicist
physicist
professor
science popularizer
Nicholas Kurti was a Hungarian-born British physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics and for popularizing the scientific principles behind cooking.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nicholas Kurti canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6111269 — 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: Nicholas Kurti Context triple: [Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Nicholas Kurti]
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A.
Cyril Lucar
Cyril Lucar was a 17th-century Patriarch of Constantinople known for his pro-Reformation views and for sending the important biblical manuscript Codex Alexandrinus to England.
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B.
Branko Crvenkovski
Branko Crvenkovski is a Macedonian politician who has served as both prime minister and president and was a key figure in the country’s post-independence political development.
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C.
Branko Radivojevič
Branko Radivojevič is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL and various European leagues, including representing Slovakia in international competition.
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D.
Savo Milošević
Savo Milošević is a former Serbian professional footballer and manager best known as a prolific striker who starred for clubs such as Partizan, Aston Villa, and Real Zaragoza and represented Yugoslavia at major international tournaments.
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E.
Miloš Marić
Miloš Marić was the brother of Serbian physicist Mileva Marić, who was Albert Einstein’s first wife and scientific collaborator.
- 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: Nicholas Kurti Target entity description: Nicholas Kurti was a Hungarian-born British physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics and for popularizing the scientific principles behind cooking.
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A.
Cyril Lucar
Cyril Lucar was a 17th-century Patriarch of Constantinople known for his pro-Reformation views and for sending the important biblical manuscript Codex Alexandrinus to England.
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B.
Branko Crvenkovski
Branko Crvenkovski is a Macedonian politician who has served as both prime minister and president and was a key figure in the country’s post-independence political development.
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C.
Branko Radivojevič
Branko Radivojevič is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL and various European leagues, including representing Slovakia in international competition.
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D.
Savo Milošević
Savo Milošević is a former Serbian professional footballer and manager best known as a prolific striker who starred for clubs such as Partizan, Aston Villa, and Real Zaragoza and represented Yugoslavia at major international tournaments.
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E.
Miloš Marić
Miloš Marić was the brother of Serbian physicist Mileva Marić, who was Albert Einstein’s first wife and scientific collaborator.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British physicist
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Hungarian-born British physicist ⓘ academic ⓘ low-temperature physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ professor ⓘ science popularizer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Rumford Medal ⓘ |
| birthName | Miklós Mór Kürti ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | International Workshop on Molecular and Physical Gastronomy ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | molecular gastronomy ⓘ |
| coinedTermWith | Hervé This ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-11-24 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Werner Heisenberg ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Budapest
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University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Hungarian ⓘ |
| familyName | Kurti ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cryogenics
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food science ⓘ low-temperature physics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | FRS ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early contributions to molecular gastronomy
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pioneering work in low-temperature physics ⓘ popularizing the scientific principles behind cooking ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Nicholas Kurti ⓘ |
| notableQuote | It is a sad reflection on our civilization that while we can and do measure the temperature in the atmosphere of Venus, we do not know what goes on inside our soufflés. ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Oxford ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Low Temperature Physics at the University of Oxford
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Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
adiabatic demagnetization
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nuclear orientation at low temperatures ⓘ |
| residence | Oxford ⓘ |
| spouse | Gina Kurti ⓘ |
| workplace | Clarendon Laboratory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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