Charles Misner
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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."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles W. Misner | 3 |
| Charles Misner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1057849 — 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: Charles Misner Context triple: [John Archibald Wheeler, student, Charles Misner]
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A.
Edward Condon
Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
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B.
Howard P. Robertson
Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.
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C.
David L. Goodstein
David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
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D.
Stanley Corrsin
Stanley Corrsin was a prominent American fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study of turbulence and mixing in fluid flows.
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E.
Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
- 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: Charles Misner Target entity description: 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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A.
Edward Condon
Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
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B.
Howard P. Robertson
Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.
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C.
David L. Goodstein
David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
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D.
Stanley Corrsin
Stanley Corrsin was a prominent American fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study of turbulence and mixing in fluid flows.
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E.
Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American physicist
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| authorOf | Gravitation ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Gravitation ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
John Archibald Wheeler
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Kip Thorne ⓘ
surface form:
Kip S. Thorne
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | John Archibald Wheeler ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
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University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Maryland
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surface form:
University of Maryland, College Park
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| familyName | Misner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
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general relativity ⓘ gravitation ⓘ physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bianchi type cosmologies
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surface form:
Mixmaster universe model
contributions to cosmology ⓘ contributions to general relativity ⓘ textbook Gravitation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name |
Charles Misner
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Charles W. Misner
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| notableConcept |
Bianchi type cosmologies
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surface form:
Mixmaster universe
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| notableWork | Gravitation ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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university professor ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
canonical quantum gravity
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gravitational waves ⓘ relativistic cosmology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Misner Description of subject: 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."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Charles W. Misner
this entity surface form:
Charles W. Misner