James R. Newman
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James R. Newman was an American mathematician, lawyer, and author best known for co-authoring the popular science classic "Mathematics and the Imagination" and editing the influential anthology "The World of Mathematics."
All labels observed (1)
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| James R. Newman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3023261 — 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: James R. Newman Context triple: [Newman, hasNotableBearer, James R. Newman]
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A.
James H. Newman
James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
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B.
Philip J. Davis
Philip J. Davis was an American mathematician and prolific author known for his influential works on numerical analysis, the history and philosophy of mathematics, and popular mathematical writing.
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C.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
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D.
Charles Misner
Charles Misner is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, particularly as a co-author of the influential textbook "Gravitation."
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E.
H. Guyford Stever
H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
- 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: James R. Newman Target entity description: James R. Newman was an American mathematician, lawyer, and author best known for co-authoring the popular science classic "Mathematics and the Imagination" and editing the influential anthology "The World of Mathematics."
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A.
James H. Newman
James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
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B.
Philip J. Davis
Philip J. Davis was an American mathematician and prolific author known for his influential works on numerical analysis, the history and philosophy of mathematics, and popular mathematical writing.
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C.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
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D.
Charles Misner
Charles Misner is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, particularly as a co-author of the influential textbook "Gravitation."
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E.
H. Guyford Stever
H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Mathematics and the Imagination ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-09-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-01-24 ⓘ |
| describedAs | American mathematician, lawyer, and author ⓘ |
| editorOf | The World of Mathematics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia Law School
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer | United States government ⓘ |
| familyName | Newman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of mathematics
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mathematics ⓘ popularization of science ⓘ |
| genre |
mathematics writing
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popular science ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | law degree ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrInfluenced | readers of popular mathematics in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| hasPartInBibliography | essays on mathematics and science ⓘ |
| influencedBy | tradition of mathematical exposition in English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | James R. Newman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
editing a comprehensive anthology on the history and development of mathematics
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popularizing mathematical ideas for general audiences ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mathematics and the Imagination
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The World of Mathematics ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lawyer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission legal staff ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical articles on popular mathematics writers ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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: James R. Newman Description of subject: James R. Newman was an American mathematician, lawyer, and author best known for co-authoring the popular science classic "Mathematics and the Imagination" and editing the influential anthology "The World of Mathematics."
Referenced by (3)
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