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Three-Body, the Glossary

Three-Body is a Chinese science fiction television series adapted from the novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, which was first published in serialized form in 2006.^[1]

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2023 Chinese television series debuts
Adaptations of works by Liu Cixin
Television shows filmed in China

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula, which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation".

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Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (abbreviated ACA & G. OTT) is an awards ceremony organized by Busan International Film Festival and Korea Radio Promotion Association.

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Ball Lightning (novel)

Ball Lightning is a hard science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin, also considered a prequel to ''The Three-Body Problem''.

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Beijing Electron–Positron Collider II

The Beijing Electron–Positron Collider II (BEPC II) is a Chinese electron–positron collider, a type of particle accelerator, located in Shijingshan District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

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Chen Jin (actress)

Chen Jin (born 4 May 1964) is a Chinese actress.

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China Central Television

China Central Television (CCTV) is the national television broadcaster of China, established in 1958.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Compactification (physics)

In theoretical physics, compactification means changing a theory with respect to one of its space-time dimensions.

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Confucius

Confucius (孔子; pinyin), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education.

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Cosmic microwave background

The cosmic microwave background (CMB or CMBR) is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe.

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Counterterrorism

Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism.

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Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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David Benioff

David Friedman (born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff, is an American writer and producer.

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Death's End

Death's End is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin.

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Douban

Douban.com, launched on 6 March 2005, is a Chinese online database and social networking service that allows registered users to record information and create content related to film, books, music, recent events, and activities in Chinese cities.

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Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.

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Earthing system

An earthing system (UK and IEC) or grounding system (US) connects specific parts of an electric power system with the ground, typically the equipments conductive surface, for safety and functional purposes.

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Eric Wang

Wang Chuanjun (born 18 October 1985), also known as Eric Wang, is a Chinese actor and host.

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Extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI), a subset of non-human intelligence (NHI), refers to hypothetical intelligent extraterrestrial life.

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Fermi paradox

The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence.

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Fifth column

A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation.

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO.

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Guzheng

The zheng or guzheng, is a Chinese plucked zither.

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Industrialisation

Industrialisation (UK) or industrialization (US) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society.

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Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.

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John von Neumann

John von Neumann (Neumann János Lajos; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath.

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King Wen of Zhou

King Wen of Zhou (1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang, the patriarch of the Zhou state during the final years of Shang dynasty in ancient China.

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King Zhou of Shang

King Zhou was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang or King Shou of Shang, the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China.

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Li Xiaoran

Li Xiaoran (born 8 May 1976) is a Chinese actress.

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Lin Yongjian

Lin Yongjian (born 14 February 1970) is a Chinese actor.

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Liu Cixin

Liu Cixin (pronounced; born 23 June 1963) is a Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer.

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Logic gate

A logic gate is a device that performs a Boolean function, a logical operation performed on one or more binary inputs that produces a single binary output.

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Morse code

Morse code is a telecommunications method which encodes text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs.

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Mozi

Mozi (original name Mo Di; Latinized as Micius;; –) was a Chinese philosopher, logician and essayist who founded the school of Mohism during the Hundred Schools of Thought period (the early portion of the Warring States period, –221 BCE).

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Nanomaterials

Nanomaterials describe, in principle, chemical substances or materials of which a single unit is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 and 100 nm (the usual definition of nanoscale).

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Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm).

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Netflix

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.

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Particle accelerator

A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies to contain them in well-defined beams.

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Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock is an American over-the-top video streaming service owned and operated by Peacock TV LLC, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Media Group.

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Peafowl

Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies).

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Quantum computing

A quantum computer is a computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena.

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Quantum entanglement

Quantum entanglement is the phenomenon of a group of particles being generated, interacting, or sharing spatial proximity in such a way that the quantum state of each particle of the group cannot be described independently of the state of the others, including when the particles are separated by a large distance.

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Rachel Carson

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is a collective term for scientific searches for intelligent extraterrestrial life, for example, monitoring electromagnetic radiation for signs of transmissions from civilizations on other planets.

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Silent Spring

Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson.

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String theory

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings.

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Strong interaction

In nuclear physics and particle physics, the strong interaction, also called the strong force or strong nuclear force, is a fundamental interaction that confines quarks into protons, neutrons, and other hadron particles.

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Syzygy (astronomy)

In astronomy, a syzygy is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.

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Television show

A television show, TV program, or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is traditionally broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable.

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Tencent Video

Tencent Video (also called WeTV outside of China) is a Chinese video streaming website owned by Tencent.

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The Dark Forest

The Dark Forest is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Three-Body Problem (film)

The Three-Body Problem is an unreleased Chinese science fiction 3D film, adapted from the book of the same name by Liu Cixin, directed by Zhang Fanfan, and starring Feng Shaofeng and Zhang Jingchu. Three-Body and the Three-Body Problem (film) are adaptations of works by Liu Cixin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Body

Also known as The Three-Body Problem (Chinese TV series), The Three-Body Problem (animated series), Three-Body (TV series), Three-Body - TV series.

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2023 Chinese television series debuts

Adaptations of works by Liu Cixin

Television shows filmed in China

References