This Is Biology
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"This Is Biology" is a widely read book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that explains the principles, history, and philosophical foundations of the biological sciences for a broad audience.
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| This Is Biology canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1762392 — 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: This Is Biology Context triple: [Ernst Mayr, notableWork, This Is Biology]
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The Science of Life
The Science of Life is a landmark early 20th-century biology book co-authored by H.G. Wells, his son George Philip Wells, and Julian Huxley that presents modern biological science in an accessible, encyclopedic form.
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Biology: The Science of Life
"Biology: The Science of Life" is a comprehensive biology textbook co-authored by George Philip Wells that presents fundamental principles of living systems for students and general readers.
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Essays of a Biologist
Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
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The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
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What Is Life?
*What Is Life?* is a book by biologist Lynn Margulis that explores the nature of living systems through the lens of evolution, symbiosis, and Earth’s biosphere.
- 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: This Is Biology Target entity description: "This Is Biology" is a widely read book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that explains the principles, history, and philosophical foundations of the biological sciences for a broad audience.
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A.
The Science of Life
The Science of Life is a landmark early 20th-century biology book co-authored by H.G. Wells, his son George Philip Wells, and Julian Huxley that presents modern biological science in an accessible, encyclopedic form.
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B.
Biology: The Science of Life
"Biology: The Science of Life" is a comprehensive biology textbook co-authored by George Philip Wells that presents fundamental principles of living systems for students and general readers.
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C.
Essays of a Biologist
Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
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D.
The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
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E.
What Is Life?
*What Is Life?* is a book by biologist Lynn Margulis that explores the nature of living systems through the lens of evolution, symbiosis, and Earth’s biosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify what biology is
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make biology accessible to non-specialists ⓘ situate biology within the broader sciences ⓘ |
| author | Ernst Mayr ⓘ |
| describes |
biological laws and generalizations
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causation in biology ⓘ distinctiveness of biology among sciences ⓘ history of biological thought ⓘ levels of biological organization ⓘ philosophical foundations of biology ⓘ principles of biological science ⓘ role of evolution in biology ⓘ role of population thinking ⓘ |
| explains |
adaptation
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differences between biology and physical sciences ⓘ how biological research is conducted ⓘ how biological theories are tested ⓘ the concept of species ⓘ the role of chance in evolution ⓘ the structure of biological explanations ⓘ |
| genre |
biology
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history of science ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
evolutionary biology perspective
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philosophical analysis of science ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general audience
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non-specialist readers ⓘ students of biology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
biological classification
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biological diversity ⓘ biology ⓘ development ⓘ ecology ⓘ evolution ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ history of biology ⓘ philosophy of biology ⓘ reductionism and holism in biology ⓘ scientific method in biology ⓘ species concept ⓘ systematics ⓘ teleology in biology ⓘ the nature of biological explanation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: This Is Biology Description of subject: "This Is Biology" is a widely read book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that explains the principles, history, and philosophical foundations of the biological sciences for a broad audience.
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