Phillip James Edwin Peebles
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Phillip James Edwin Peebles is a Canadian-American cosmologist and astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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| Phillip James Edwin Peebles canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Phillip James Edwin Peebles Context triple: [James Peebles, birthName, Phillip James Edwin Peebles]
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Gregory Walcott
Gregory Walcott was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century film and television, including work in Westerns and cult science fiction.
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Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
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John Hilliard
John Hilliard is a British conceptual artist and photographer known for his experimental works that explore the nature of photographic representation and perception.
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Quincy Lewis
Quincy Lewis is a former American basketball player best known as a standout scoring guard for the University of Minnesota before playing in the NBA and overseas.
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E.
Daniel Hylton
Daniel Hylton was the plaintiff in the landmark 1796 U.S. Supreme Court case Hylton v. United States, one of the earliest tests of federal taxation powers and judicial review.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phillip James Edwin Peebles Target entity description: Phillip James Edwin Peebles is a Canadian-American cosmologist and astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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A.
Gregory Walcott
Gregory Walcott was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century film and television, including work in Westerns and cult science fiction.
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B.
Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
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C.
John Hilliard
John Hilliard is a British conceptual artist and photographer known for his experimental works that explore the nature of photographic representation and perception.
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D.
Quincy Lewis
Quincy Lewis is a former American basketball player best known as a standout scoring guard for the University of Minnesota before playing in the NBA and overseas.
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E.
Daniel Hylton
Daniel Hylton was the plaintiff in the landmark 1796 U.S. Supreme Court case Hylton v. United States, one of the earliest tests of federal taxation powers and judicial review.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astrophysicist
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cosmologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physics
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surface form:
2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
Crafoord Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
Dirac Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Dirac Medal
Eddington Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ Heineman Prize for Astrophysics ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | Canadian-American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
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University of Manitoba ⓘ |
| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Peebles ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ cosmology ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ physical cosmology ⓘ |
| givenName | Phillip ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| middleName | James Edwin ⓘ |
| notableAwardSharedWith | James Peebles' co-laureates of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work on large-scale structure of the universe
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pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Peebles–Yu model of photon–baryon fluid
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books on physical cosmology ⓘ contributions to the standard model of cosmology ⓘ development of theoretical framework for cosmic microwave background anisotropies ⓘ theory of cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ theory of large-scale structure formation in the universe ⓘ work on Big Bang nucleosynthesis ⓘ work on dark energy and cosmological constant ⓘ work on dark matter in cosmology ⓘ work on structure formation in the universe ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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