Podcasts that mention 📚 Gravitation by Charles W. Misner
Gravitation
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Podcasts that mention Gravitation by Charles W. Misner
StarTalk Radio episodes that mention Gravitation by Charles W. Misner
Episode: The Science of Interstellar with Science Advisor, Kip Thorne
Published on December 3, 2024
In this book published in 1973, we went to press just after Ray Weiss wrote his seminal paper, I had not yet really studied that paper fully.
Kip Thorne discusses the book 'Gravitation', which he co-authored in 1973. He notes that they published the book shortly after Ray Weiss wrote his important paper, and admits that he hadn't fully studied Weiss' work at the time of publication.
Episode: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Greene Confront the Edge of our Understanding
Published on July 2, 2024
But in terms of his book, he wrote an encyclopedic book on gravity and black holes, which is about, you know, 1,200 pages just filled with equations!
Neil references a book titled 'Gravitation' co-authored by Charles Misner, Kip Thorne, and John Wheeler. He describes it as encyclopedic and filled with equations.
So John Wheeler is one of the authors of this Misner-Thorne-Wheeler!
Brian Greene refers to John Wheeler as one of the authors of an implied book, previously mentioned by Neil, referencing 'Misner-Thorne-Wheeler', which is the textbook 'Gravitation'.
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