The Scientist as Rebel (book)

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Scientist as Rebel	2
The Scientist as Rebel (book) canonical	1
book "The Scientist as Rebel"	1
essay "Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T145470 — 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 Scientist as Rebel (book)
Context triple: [Freeman Dyson, notableWork, The Scientist as Rebel (book)]

A. Reflections on the Romance of Science
Reflections on the Romance of Science is a collection of essays by Carl Sagan that explores the history, philosophy, and wonder of scientific discovery.
B. The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
C. Science, The Endless Frontier
Science, The Endless Frontier is a landmark 1945 report by Vannevar Bush that laid the foundation for U.S. federal support of scientific research and the modern science policy framework.
D. reflections on science
"Reflections on Science" is a section of Richard Feynman’s autobiographical book *What Do You Care What Other People Think?* in which he shares his views on the nature, practice, and philosophy of scientific inquiry.
E. The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that champions critical thinking and the scientific method as antidotes to superstition and pseudoscience.
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 Scientist as Rebel (book)
Target entity description: The Scientist as Rebel is a collection of essays by physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson that explores science, religion, ethics, and the role of dissent in scientific progress.

A. Reflections on the Romance of Science
Reflections on the Romance of Science is a collection of essays by Carl Sagan that explores the history, philosophy, and wonder of scientific discovery.
B. The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
C. Science, The Endless Frontier
Science, The Endless Frontier is a landmark 1945 report by Vannevar Bush that laid the foundation for U.S. federal support of scientific research and the modern science policy framework.
D. reflections on science
"Reflections on Science" is a section of Richard Feynman’s autobiographical book *What Do You Care What Other People Think?* in which he shares his views on the nature, practice, and philosophy of scientific inquiry.
E. The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that champions critical thinking and the scientific method as antidotes to superstition and pseudoscience.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ essay collection ⓘ
author	Freeman Dyson ⓘ Freeman Dyson ⓘ surface form: Freeman J. Dyson
authorOccupation	mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ
countryOfPublication	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	non-fiction ⓘ science essays ⓘ
hasPart	essay "A Failure of Intelligence" ⓘ The Scientist as Rebel (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: essay "Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society" essay "Religion from the Outside" ⓘ essay "The Future Needs Us" ⓘ essay "The Scientist as Rebel" ⓘ essay "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" ⓘ essay "When Science and Poetry Were Friends" ⓘ
hasTheme	environmental risk ⓘ ethics of technology ⓘ freedom of thought ⓘ individualism in scientific research ⓘ interdisciplinary thinking ⓘ limits of scientific knowledge ⓘ moral implications of science ⓘ science policy ⓘ scientific heresy ⓘ scientific responsibility ⓘ War and Peace ⓘ surface form: war and peace
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	climate change ⓘ ethics ⓘ history of science ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ relationship between science and religion ⓘ religion ⓘ role of dissent in science ⓘ science ⓘ space exploration ⓘ technology and society ⓘ
notableFor	defending the value of dissent in science ⓘ exploring connections between science and religion ⓘ presenting contrarian views on climate and risk ⓘ
publicationEra	21st century ⓘ
publisher	New York Review Books ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Freeman Dyson → notableWork → The Scientist as Rebel (book) ⓘ

Dyson → notableWork → The Scientist as Rebel (book) ⓘ

subject surface form: Freeman Dyson

this entity surface form: book "The Scientist as Rebel"

Infinite in All Directions (book) → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Scientist as Rebel (book) ⓘ

subject surface form: Infinite in All Directions

this entity surface form: The Scientist as Rebel

The Scientist as Rebel (book) → hasPart → The Scientist as Rebel (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: The Scientist as Rebel

this entity surface form: essay "Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society"

Freeman → notableWork → The Scientist as Rebel (book) ⓘ