“The Realm of the Nebulae”
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“The Realm of the Nebulae” is Edwin Hubble’s landmark 1936 book that established the modern understanding and classification of galaxies, helping to transform cosmology into a quantitative science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “The Realm of the Nebulae” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11078607 — 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.
Target entity: “The Realm of the Nebulae” Context triple: [Hubble sequence, describedInWork, “The Realm of the Nebulae”]
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The Shrouded Planet
The Shrouded Planet is a mid-20th-century science fiction novel, co-written by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett under the joint pseudonym Robert Randall, that explores an alien world's culture and its complex encounter with human explorers.
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The Mysterious Planet
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The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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The Forgotten Planet
The Forgotten Planet is a science fiction novel, often associated with mid-20th-century pulp SF, that depicts human survivors struggling to live on a hostile world overrun by gigantic mutated insects.
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"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" is a classic early episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a dangerous energy barrier that transforms two crew members into godlike beings.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: “The Realm of the Nebulae” Target entity description: “The Realm of the Nebulae” is Edwin Hubble’s landmark 1936 book that established the modern understanding and classification of galaxies, helping to transform cosmology into a quantitative science.
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A.
The Shrouded Planet
The Shrouded Planet is a mid-20th-century science fiction novel, co-written by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett under the joint pseudonym Robert Randall, that explores an alien world's culture and its complex encounter with human explorers.
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B.
The Mysterious Planet
The Mysterious Planet is a science fiction novel by Lester del Rey, known for blending adventure with speculative scientific ideas in a mysterious extraterrestrial setting.
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C.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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D.
The Forgotten Planet
The Forgotten Planet is a science fiction novel, often associated with mid-20th-century pulp SF, that depicts human survivors struggling to live on a hostile world overrun by gigantic mutated insects.
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E.
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" is a classic early episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a dangerous energy barrier that transforms two crew members into godlike beings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomy book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Edwin Hubble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | observations from the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ |
| contribution |
established modern understanding of galaxies as extragalactic systems
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helped transform cosmology into a quantitative science ⓘ popularized the concept of galaxies as independent stellar systems ⓘ presented observational evidence for galaxies beyond the Milky Way ⓘ systematized galaxy morphology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
astronomy
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cosmology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
classification of galaxies
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nature of nebulae ⓘ structure of the universe ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorName | Edwin Powell Hubble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
classic text in observational cosmology
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landmark work in establishing galaxies as fundamental cosmological units ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century cosmology
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extragalactic astronomy ⓘ galaxy classification systems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cosmology
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extragalactic astronomy ⓘ galaxies ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear exposition of observational cosmology
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early comprehensive treatment of external galaxies ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
expanding universe
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island universe theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Hubble sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early 20th-century astronomy ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
Hubble sequence
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galaxy morphology ⓘ |
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Subject: “The Realm of the Nebulae” Description of subject: “The Realm of the Nebulae” is Edwin Hubble’s landmark 1936 book that established the modern understanding and classification of galaxies, helping to transform cosmology into a quantitative science.
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