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Book · 2020 · New York Times reviewed

Apollo's Arrow

by Nicholas A. Christakis · Recommended by 3 people on 3 podcasts

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His new book is called Apollo's Arrow the profound and enduring impact of Corona virus on the way we live.
Pamela Paul · The Book Review · Nov 2020 Listen at 18:06

The best things said about it

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Uh in your book apollo's arrow in the in the preface you describe the fact that this pandemic and the social reaction to it is playing out as you'd expect.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Jan 2022

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Why people recommend it

Apollo's Arrow by Nicholas A. Christakis is a comprehensive examination of the profound and enduring impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on human society, behavior, and daily existence. The book was featured prominently across multiple podcast episodes. Pamela Paul introduced the author and his work on The Book Review, outlining how the text investigates the ways the pandemic permanently alters the modern world. Neil deGrasse Tyson engaged directly with the author on StarTalk Radio, referencing the book's preface to discuss how predictably the social reactions to a global health crisis unfold according to sociological principles. Additionally, Nicholas Christakis himself appeared on The Jordan Harbinger Show, where he mentioned writing Apollo's Arrow while elaborating on his predictions and forecasts regarding human behavior during viral outbreaks. Through these discussions, hosts and the author utilized the book to analyze the sociological fallout of public health emergencies and understand the predictable patterns of human societies under extreme duress.

Every mention

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Neil deGrasse Tyson uh in your book apollo's arrow in the in the preface you describe the fact that this pandemic and the socia… 1
Discussed
“uh in your book apollo's arrow in the in the preface you describe the fact that this pandemic and the social reaction to it is playing out as you'd expect”
Nicholas Christakis i when i uh when i wrote the book uh apologero 1
Discussed
“i when i uh when i wrote the book uh apologero”
Pamela Paul his new book is called Apollo's Arrow the profound and enduring impact of Corona virus on the way we live 1
Discussed
“his new book is called Apollo's Arrow the profound and enduring impact of Corona virus on the way we live”
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“and your recent book was just released in paperback apollo's arrow and give me the subtitle on that again uh the profound and enduring impact of coronavirus on the way we live nailed it”
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“and i actually discussed this in apollo 0 which is that there's this tendency it's theorized and often seen”
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“Nicholas Christa's new book is called Apollo's Arrow the profound and enduring impact of Corona virus on the way we live”
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“and so what i really want and what i wanted to do in the book in apollo zero was to sort of help people to see the world for how it really is now”
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“yes i mean i think um i think one of the things and i make this argument in apollozaro”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).