The Little Book of Black Holes
E600711
The Little Book of Black Holes is a concise, accessible popular-science book that explains the physics, history, and significance of black holes for a general audience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Little Book of Black Holes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6505615 — 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 Little Book of Black Holes Context triple: [Steven Gubser, authorOf, The Little Book of Black Holes]
-
A.
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy is a popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne that explores the history, physics, and implications of black holes, wormholes, and general relativity for our understanding of space and time.
-
B.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson that offers a concise, accessible overview of key concepts in modern astrophysics and cosmology for general readers.
-
C.
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays is a 1993 collection of popular-science essays and reflections by physicist Stephen Hawking, exploring cosmology, black holes, and his personal life and ideas.
-
D.
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes is a landmark monograph that presents a rigorous, comprehensive treatment of the physics and mathematics underlying black hole solutions in general relativity.
-
E.
A Briefer History of Time
A Briefer History of Time is a later, more accessible revision of Stephen Hawking’s landmark cosmology book that simplifies and updates its explanations of the universe for a broader audience.
- 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 Little Book of Black Holes Target entity description: The Little Book of Black Holes is a concise, accessible popular-science book that explains the physics, history, and significance of black holes for a general audience.
-
A.
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy is a popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne that explores the history, physics, and implications of black holes, wormholes, and general relativity for our understanding of space and time.
-
B.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson that offers a concise, accessible overview of key concepts in modern astrophysics and cosmology for general readers.
-
C.
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays is a 1993 collection of popular-science essays and reflections by physicist Stephen Hawking, exploring cosmology, black holes, and his personal life and ideas.
-
D.
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes is a landmark monograph that presents a rigorous, comprehensive treatment of the physics and mathematics underlying black hole solutions in general relativity.
-
E.
A Briefer History of Time
A Briefer History of Time is a later, more accessible revision of Stephen Hawking’s landmark cosmology book that simplifies and updates its explanations of the universe for a broader audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | popular science book ⓘ |
| about |
Hawking radiation
ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ event horizons ⓘ formation of black holes ⓘ gravitational waves ⓘ history of black hole research ⓘ observational evidence for black holes ⓘ physics of black holes ⓘ scientific significance of black holes ⓘ singularities ⓘ space-time ⓘ |
| aimsTo | make complex physics understandable to lay readers ⓘ |
| audience | general audience ⓘ |
| covers |
historical development of black hole theory
ⓘ
key scientists involved in black hole research ⓘ |
| explains |
basic concepts of general relativity
ⓘ
how black holes are detected ⓘ impact of black holes on modern physics ⓘ role of black holes in galaxies ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| intendedUse | introduction to black holes for non-specialists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
astrophysics
ⓘ
black hole ⓘ general relativity ⓘ |
| style |
accessible
ⓘ
concise ⓘ |
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 Little Book of Black Holes Description of subject: The Little Book of Black Holes is a concise, accessible popular-science book that explains the physics, history, and significance of black holes for a general audience.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.