The Restless Universe
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Restless Universe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T605566 — 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 Restless Universe Context triple: [Max Born, notableWork, The Restless Universe]
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A.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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B.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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C.
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
"One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" that explores the origin, evolution, and diversity of life in the universe.
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D.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
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E.
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science is a collection of essays by science writer Dorion Sagan that explores cutting-edge ideas in science, philosophy, and culture through an accessible, speculative lens.
- 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 Restless Universe Target entity description: 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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A.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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B.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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C.
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
"One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" that explores the origin, evolution, and diversity of life in the universe.
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D.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
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E.
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science is a collection of essays by science writer Dorion Sagan that explores cutting-edge ideas in science, philosophy, and culture through an accessible, speculative lens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo | make modern physics understandable to laypeople ⓘ |
| author | Max Born ⓘ |
| authorIs |
Max Born
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surface form:
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Max Born
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| educationalRole | introduction to modern physics for non-specialists ⓘ |
| explains |
concepts of modern physics
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concepts of quantum theory ⓘ historical development of modern physics ⓘ philosophical implications of quantum theory ⓘ |
| fieldCovered |
physics
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quantum mechanics ⓘ |
| format | prose exposition ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | physicist ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | 20th-century physics viewpoint ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic work of popular physics writing ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
modern physics
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quantum theory ⓘ |
| topic |
atomic structure
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nature of the physical universe ⓘ probability in quantum theory ⓘ relativity ⓘ subatomic particles ⓘ wave-particle duality ⓘ |
| uses | non-technical explanations ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
accessible language
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clear language ⓘ |
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 Restless Universe Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.