The Three Big Bangs
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The Three Big Bangs is a popular science book by physicist Richard Muller that explores three major cosmic “beginnings” in the history of the universe and their implications for cosmology.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Three Big Bangs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8407927 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Three Big Bangs Context triple: [Richard Muller, hasWritten, The Three Big Bangs]
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A.
The Big Bounce
The Big Bounce is a 2004 crime-comedy film based on an Elmore Leonard novel, starring Owen Wilson as a small-time crook drawn into a laid-back Hawaiian caper.
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B.
The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
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C.
The First Three Minutes
The First Three Minutes is a popular science book by physicist Steven Weinberg that explains the origin and early evolution of the universe in the moments immediately following the Big Bang.
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D.
Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang is a popular-science book by cosmologist Paul Steinhardt (with Neil Turok) that presents and explains their cyclic model of the universe as an alternative to the standard Big Bang theory.
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E.
The Secret of the Universe
The Secret of the Universe is the English title of Johannes Kepler’s 1596 work in which he proposed an early heliocentric model of the cosmos using nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
- 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 Three Big Bangs Target entity description: The Three Big Bangs is a popular science book by physicist Richard Muller that explores three major cosmic “beginnings” in the history of the universe and their implications for cosmology.
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A.
The Big Bounce
The Big Bounce is a 2004 crime-comedy film based on an Elmore Leonard novel, starring Owen Wilson as a small-time crook drawn into a laid-back Hawaiian caper.
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B.
The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
-
C.
The First Three Minutes
The First Three Minutes is a popular science book by physicist Steven Weinberg that explains the origin and early evolution of the universe in the moments immediately following the Big Bang.
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D.
Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang is a popular-science book by cosmologist Paul Steinhardt (with Neil Turok) that presents and explains their cyclic model of the universe as an alternative to the standard Big Bang theory.
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E.
The Secret of the Universe
The Secret of the Universe is the English title of Johannes Kepler’s 1596 work in which he proposed an early heliocentric model of the cosmos using nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | popular science book ⓘ |
| author |
Richard A. Muller
NERFINISHED
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Richard Muller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
future directions in cosmology
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limitations of current cosmological theories ⓘ observational evidence for cosmological models ⓘ |
| explores | three major cosmic beginnings ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
history of the universe
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implications of cosmological theories ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
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science writing ⓘ |
| hasAuthorAffiliation | University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | physicist ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
historical
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scientific ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general audience
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non-specialist readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
astronomy
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cosmology ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| topic |
Big Bang
NERFINISHED
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cosmic evolution ⓘ cosmic microwave background ⓘ cosmological observations ⓘ dark energy ⓘ dark matter ⓘ galaxy formation ⓘ origin of the universe ⓘ structure formation in the universe ⓘ |
| workExampleOf | science communication ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Three Big Bangs Description of subject: The Three Big Bangs is a popular science book by physicist Richard Muller that explores three major cosmic “beginnings” in the history of the universe and their implications for cosmology.
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subject surface form:
Richard Muller