Thibault Damour
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Thibault Damour is a French theoretical physicist renowned for his influential work on general relativity, black holes, and gravitational waves.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thibault Damour canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1767817 — 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: Thibault Damour Context triple: [Albert Einstein Medal, hasRecipient, Thibault Damour]
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A.
Maurice Wertheim
Maurice Wertheim was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts who played a significant role in supporting modern theater and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
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B.
Dennis Sciama
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
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C.
Daniel Baud-Bovy
Daniel Baud-Bovy was a Swiss writer and mountaineer known for his pioneering climbs and contributions to the cultural and literary life of early 20th-century Switzerland.
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D.
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz is a theoretical physicist and astrophysicist known for his pioneering contributions to gravitational wave theory and relativistic astrophysics.
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E.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
- 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: Thibault Damour Target entity description: Thibault Damour is a French theoretical physicist renowned for his influential work on general relativity, black holes, and gravitational waves.
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A.
Maurice Wertheim
Maurice Wertheim was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts who played a significant role in supporting modern theater and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
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B.
Dennis Sciama
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
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C.
Daniel Baud-Bovy
Daniel Baud-Bovy was a Swiss writer and mountaineer known for his pioneering climbs and contributions to the cultural and literary life of early 20th-century Switzerland.
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D.
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz is a theoretical physicist and astrophysicist known for his pioneering contributions to gravitational wave theory and relativistic astrophysics.
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E.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French scientist
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academic ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Amaldi Medal
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CNRS Gold Medal ⓘ Crafoord Prize in Astronomy ⓘ
linked to:
Crafoord Prize
Einstein Medal ⓘ
linked to:
Albert Einstein Medal
Gravity Research Foundation First Prize (multiple times) ⓘ
linked to:
Gravity Research Foundation Award
Holweck Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-02-07 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Paris-Sud University
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linked to:
Université Paris-Sud
École Normale Supérieure ⓘ
linked to:
École Normale (Paris)
|
| employer | Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques ⓘ |
| familyName | Damour ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
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general relativity ⓘ gravitational waves ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ relativistic astrophysics ⓘ string theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Thibault ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
effective one-body approach to binary black holes
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work on black holes ⓘ work on general relativity ⓘ work on gravitational waves ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
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Académie des Sciences (France) ⓘ
linked to:
Académie des Sciences
International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation ⓘ |
| name | Thibault Damour ⓘ |
| notablePublication |
papers on gravitational wave emission from inspiralling compact binaries
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research articles on post-Newtonian theory of gravitating systems ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Luc Blanchet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to the understanding of black hole dynamics
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effective one-body formalism for binary systems in general relativity ⓘ research on gravitational wave templates for detectors ⓘ theory of gravitational radiation from compact binaries ⓘ work on post-Newtonian approximations in general relativity ⓘ work on scalar-tensor theories of gravity ⓘ work on string cosmology ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lyon ⓘ |
| positionHeld | permanent professor at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques ⓘ |
| workplace | Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques ⓘ |
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