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Books by Carl Sagan mentioned on podcasts
Carl Sagan's works frequently emerge across various podcast discussions. On an episode of StarTalk Radio titled 'The Science of Interstellar with Science Advisor, Kip Thorne,' science advisor Kip Thorne noted that Sagan's novel 'Contact' was already in page proofs when they discussed it, with the publisher reluctant to make changes. Later on StarTalk Radio's 'Scientists Discuss NASA’s Strategy For Finding Alien Life in the Universe,' guest David Grinspoon discussed 'Contact,' noting that the book maintains its mystery by not revealing the aliens, unlike the screen adaptation. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Jim Norton remarked that he preferred the movie version of 'Contact' over the book itself. Annie Jacobsen referenced Sagan's work 'Nuclear Winter' on The Joe Rogan Experience during a conversation about the potential consequences of a nuclear war, and also discussed his book 'The Cold and the Dark,' co-authored with scientist colleagues, on the Lex Fridman Podcast in relation to nuclear winter concepts. Josh Szeps mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience that he read Sagan's 'The Demon-Haunted World' in his youth, which influenced his thinking about reason and skepticism. Additionally, Joe Rogan discussed the premise of Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot,' while StarTalk Radio touched upon the phrase associated with his book 'Billions and Billions.'
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Contact
Carl Sagan's classic science fiction novel, Contact, follows a dedicated scientist who searches for extraterrestrial intelligence and ultimately makes humanity's first confirmed contact with an alien civilization.
Discussed“And he said that he wanted, uh, that he had written--he'd already written this book, the novel; it was already in page proofs, and he said, 'I've got this novel, it's in page proof; the publisher is not going to be happy if I change it!”
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Pale Blue Dot
Discussed“and my favorite way he did that was at the beginning of a book he titled a little pale blue dot”
Speaker The Joe Rogan Experience Joe Rogan Experience #1653 - Andy Norman 2024-06-27 Listen at 1:39:18Where to get it
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Billions and billions
Discussed“You did say billions and billions; the man wrote a book called 'Billions and Billions.' After everybody kept saying it, and then he went on to the show, right, and said 'Okay, now I say it officially.' So do you know who first said 'billions and billions'?”
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Cosmos
Discussed“as far as not as far as nonfiction goes i grew up uh with cosmos both watching the pbs series and then reading the book”
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