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The approximate reason for this episode is Carl's excellent new book, it's called Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe.
Tyler Cowen · Conversations with Tyler · Mar 2025 Listen at 0:17 What they say about it
- Discussing book content“as I write in Air-Borne”3
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Just to endorse Carl's book again, Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, and indeed I'm a fan of all of Carl's books.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Mar 2025 As I write in Airborne in the book you know the idea that you could Safeguard the air with ultraviolet light is not new and in fact William and Mildred Wells were demonstrating it in the 1930s.
Carl Zimmer Conversations with Tyler · Mar 2025 As I write about in the book because you know if you are sitting there and you're talking to me and you're exhaling you are you know filling the room you're in with carbon dioxide and if you don't have a window open it's just going to keep building up gradually.
Carl Zimmer Conversations with Tyler · Mar 2025 And this actually ties into Airborne my book because you know you might think Venus that's crazy.
Carl Zimmer Conversations with Tyler · Mar 2025 Why people recommend it
Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer is a deep historical investigation into the invisible life forms that inhabit the air we breathe and how humanity has historically understood airborne diseases. Tyler Cowen hosted Zimmer on Conversations with Tyler, introducing the book as the primary motivation for their discussion on the hidden ecology of indoor spaces and the transmission of pathogens. Throughout the episode, Zimmer referenced his research into the historical use of ultraviolet light as an air safeguard in the 1930s, as well as the long-standing practice of monitoring carbon dioxide levels to gauge ventilation. Zimmer also connected the book's expansive ecological themes to broader discussions regarding aerial life on other planets, such as Venus. At the conclusion of the episode, Cowen offered a strong endorsement of the book, praising Zimmer's body of work and encouraging listeners to pick up a copy to better understand the unseen biological world operating right before our eyes every single day.
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Tyler Cowen just to endorse Carl's book again Airborne the hidden history of the life we breathe and indeed I'm a fan o… 2
“the approximate reason for this episode is Carl's excellent new book it's called Airborne the hidden history of the life we breathe”
“just to endorse Carl's book again Airborne the hidden history of the life we breathe and indeed I'm a fan of all of Carl's books”
Carl Zimmer you know it's a great question and one that I was thinking about a lot while working on this book 4
“you know it's a great question and one that I was thinking about a lot while working on this book”
“as I write in Airborne in the book you know the idea that you could Safeguard the air with ultraviolet light is not new and in fact William and Mildred Wells were demonstrating it in the 1930s”
“as I write about in the book because you know if you are sitting there and you're talking to me and you're exhaling you are you know filling the room you're in with carbon dioxide and if you don't have a window open it's just going to keep building up gradually”
“and this actually ties into Airborne my book because you know you might think Venus that's crazy”