The Universe Story
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The Universe Story is a collaborative work by cultural historian Thomas Berry and cosmologist Brian Swimme that presents a scientific and spiritual narrative of the origin and evolution of the cosmos and humanity’s place within it.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Universe Story canonical | 4 |
| Journey of the Universe | 1 |
| The Journey of the Universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6237650 — 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: The Universe Story Context triple: [Thomas Berry, notableWork, The Universe Story]
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A.
The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar
"The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar" is a popular science book that traces the historical development of humanity’s understanding of the cosmos, from ancient cosmological models to modern astrophysics.
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B.
Our Time in the Universe
"Our Time in the Universe" is a track by the progressive rock/metal project Higher Truth, likely featuring expansive, atmospheric instrumentation and reflective, philosophical themes.
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C.
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
"Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution" is a popular science book that traces the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the emergence of life and human consciousness, co-authored by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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D.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
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E.
Cosmic Calendar
The Cosmic Calendar is a visualization that compresses the entire history of the universe into a single year to help illustrate the vastness of cosmic time and humanity’s relatively recent appearance.
- 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: The Universe Story Target entity description: The Universe Story is a collaborative work by cultural historian Thomas Berry and cosmologist Brian Swimme that presents a scientific and spiritual narrative of the origin and evolution of the cosmos and humanity’s place within it.
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A.
The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar
"The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar" is a popular science book that traces the historical development of humanity’s understanding of the cosmos, from ancient cosmological models to modern astrophysics.
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B.
Our Time in the Universe
"Our Time in the Universe" is a track by the progressive rock/metal project Higher Truth, likely featuring expansive, atmospheric instrumentation and reflective, philosophical themes.
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C.
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
"Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution" is a popular science book that traces the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the emergence of life and human consciousness, co-authored by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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D.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
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E.
Cosmic Calendar
The Cosmic Calendar is a visualization that compresses the entire history of the universe into a single year to help illustrate the vastness of cosmic time and humanity’s relatively recent appearance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cosmology book ⓘ spirituality book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
integrate modern scientific cosmology with spiritual meaning
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provide a new cosmological narrative for contemporary culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brian Swimme’s work on evolutionary cosmology
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Thomas Berry’s concept of the New Story ⓘ |
| author |
Brian Swimme
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Thomas Berry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
Big Bang
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cosmic evolution ⓘ emergence of life ⓘ human evolution ⓘ planetary ecology ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmology
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eco-theology ⓘ science and religion ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Brian Swimme
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Thomas Berry ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
ecological
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scientific ⓘ spiritual ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
ecology
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evolutionary biology ⓘ modern physics ⓘ world religious traditions ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
environmental activists
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general readers ⓘ students of religion and ecology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cosmos
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ecological consciousness ⓘ evolution of the universe ⓘ humanity’s place in the universe ⓘ origin of the universe ⓘ relationship between science and spirituality ⓘ |
| promotes |
reverence for the Earth
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sense of cosmic belonging ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Journey of the Universe
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linked to:
The Universe Story
The Great Work ⓘ |
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: The Universe Story Description of subject: The Universe Story is a collaborative work by cultural historian Thomas Berry and cosmologist Brian Swimme that presents a scientific and spiritual narrative of the origin and evolution of the cosmos and humanity’s place within it.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Universe Story
linked to: The Universe Story