Sidney Coleman
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Sidney Coleman was an influential American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum field theory and for his exceptional teaching and expository lectures at Harvard University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sidney Coleman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1135218 — 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: Sidney Coleman Context triple: [Julian Schwinger, doctoralStudent, Sidney Coleman]
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Sidney Drell
Sidney Drell was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum field theory and particle physics, as well as for his influential work in national security and arms control policy.
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B.
Gerald Guralnik
Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
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C.
Dan Appelquist
Dan Appelquist is a web standards and open web advocate known for his leadership in internet architecture and governance, including chairing key World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) groups.
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D.
James M. Bardeen
James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
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E.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
- 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: Sidney Coleman Target entity description: Sidney Coleman was an influential American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum field theory and for his exceptional teaching and expository lectures at Harvard University.
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A.
Sidney Drell
Sidney Drell was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum field theory and particle physics, as well as for his influential work in national security and arms control policy.
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B.
Gerald Guralnik
Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
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C.
Dan Appelquist
Dan Appelquist is a web standards and open web advocate known for his leadership in internet architecture and governance, including chairing key World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) groups.
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D.
James M. Bardeen
James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
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E.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
physics
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quantum field theory ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Sloan Research Fellowships
ⓘ
surface form:
A. P. Sloan Fellowship
Dirac Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Dirac Medal
Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-03-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-11-18 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Murray Gell-Mann ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Coleman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
particle physics
ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Sidney ⓘ |
| influenced | generations of theoretical physicists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expository work in theoretical physics
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influential lectures on quantum field theory ⓘ work in quantum field theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Physical Society ⓘ |
| name | Sidney Coleman self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Coleman theorem on symmetry breaking in two dimensions ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Curtis Callan
ⓘ
H. David Politzer ⓘ
surface form:
David Politzer
Roman Jackiw ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aspects of Symmetry
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Coleman–Mandula theorem ⓘ lectures on quantum field theory ⓘ work on instantons and tunneling in quantum field theory ⓘ work on spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum field theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
theoretical physicist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
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| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at Harvard University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| teaches |
particle physics
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quantum field theory ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Harvard University ⓘ |
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Subject: Sidney Coleman Description of subject: Sidney Coleman was an influential American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum field theory and for his exceptional teaching and expository lectures at Harvard University.
Referenced by (4)
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