Book · 1973 · Science
Gravitation
Gravitation by Charles W. Misner has been mentioned in 6 episodes across 2 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 5 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Neil deGrasse Tyson (5 episodes), Brian Greene (1 episode) and Kip Thorne (1 episode) on StarTalk Radio (5 episodes) and Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode).
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He's co-author of like the most famous relativity book there ever was! It's called Gravitation!
Questions about Gravitation by Charles W. Misner
Who recommends Gravitation by Charles W. Misner on podcasts?
Neil deGrasse Tyson (1 episode) has recommended Gravitation by Charles W. Misner on podcasts. In all, 4 people brought it up across 2 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Gravitation the most?
StarTalk Radio (5 episodes) and Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode).
Is Gravitation recommended, or only discussed?
Gravitation by Charles W. Misner was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 5 episodes, as of 2024-12-03.
What do people say about Gravitation?
Mentioned on StarTalk Radio (2024-08-20): "He's co-author of like the most famous relativity book there ever was! It's called Gravitation!"
When was Gravitation last mentioned on a podcast?
Gravitation by Charles W. Misner was last discussed on StarTalk Radio by Neil deGrasse Tyson on 2024-12-03.
What they say about it
- Authored by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler“written by three authors Misner thorne and wheeler”5
- Famous relativity textbook“most famous relativity book there ever was”2
- Carrying the heavy book“only book you learn all about just by carrying it around”2
The best things said about it
Just cuz it's big an audacious big hairy and audacious is a book called gravitation mm-hmm and it's written by three authors Misner thorne and wheeler.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Nov 2017 It was the only book where you learned about it just by carrying it around.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Dec 2024 He wrote an encyclopedic book on gravity and black holes, which is about, you know, 1,200 pages just filled with equations!
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Jul 2024 Where you could just spend your whole life with a single textbook there's enough in that textbook yeah to really really stay measner thorne and wheeler gravitation you know is one of those or another one is.
Neal Stephenson Lex Fridman Podcast · Nov 2021 4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Gravitation by Charles W. Misner, Kip Thorne, and John Wheeler is a massive, encyclopedic graduate-level textbook detailing Einstein's general theory of relativity and the physics of black holes. Neil deGrasse Tyson strongly recommended the big, audacious volume on StarTalk Radio for advanced budding cosmologists, noting its massive Manhattan Yellow Pages proportions and joking that students could learn the subject simply by carrying the heavy book around. Kip Thorne appeared on StarTalk Radio to discuss his work on the text, explaining that it went to press in 1973 just after Ray Weiss wrote his seminal paper on gravitational wave detectors, capturing early concepts of that technology. Brian Greene joined the conversation on StarTalk Radio to share his deep fondness for the textbook, revealing that he keeps two copies of the Misner-Thorne-Wheeler classic in his office. Other hosts on the show highlighted the book as perhaps the most famous and renowned work ever published on the subject of relativity.
Every mention
Neil deGrasse Tyson just cuz it's big an audacious big hairy and audacious is a book called gravitation mm-hmm and it's written… 5
“but my first exposure to you was you were one of the three authors of this book called gravitation and we used to joke of course it was the only book where you learned about it just by carrying it around”
“he's co-author of like the most famous relativity book there ever was okay it's called gravitation it's it has the proportions of a Manhattan Yellow Pages phone book okay well he certainly simplified the title didn't he well it's the only book you learn all about just by carrying it around right that's I get that yeah see what you”
“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!”
“So John Wheeler is one of the authors of this Misner-Thorne-Wheeler!”
“In one of the most famous books ever written on gravity, it's called "Gravity."”
“just cuz it's big an audacious big hairy and audacious is a book called gravitation mm-hmm and it's written by three authors Misner thorne and wheeler”
Brian Greene therefore I loved it when I was a kid wa with the misner thorn wheeler yes I have two copies of that in my… 1
“therefore I loved it when I was a kid wa with the misner thorn wheeler yes I have two copies of that in my office two copies”
Kip Thorne and so in this book which was published in 1973 we went to press just after Ray Weiss wrote his seminal pap… 1
“and so in this book which was published in 1973 we went to press just after Ray Weiss wrote his seminal paper I had not yet uh really studied that paper fully uh but I I just knew uh that this was crazy and so it describes in a few words Ray's idea in here”
Neal Stephenson where you could just spend your whole life with a single textbook there's enough in that textbook yeah to r… 1
“where you could just spend your whole life with a single textbook there's enough in that textbook yeah to really really stay measner thorne and wheeler gravitation you know is one of those or another one is”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“Okay, uh, he's co-author of like the most famous relativity book there ever was! It's called Gravitation!”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“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.”