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How the Universe Got Its Spots
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Editor-in-chief of the Pioneer Works podcast, author of 'How the Universe Got Its Spots,' one of my favorites.
Neil deGrasse Tyson · StarTalk Radio · Nov 2023 Listen at 2:13 Why people recommend it
How the Universe Got Its Spots by Janna Levin is a popular science book exploring the topology of the universe, chaos theory, and the cosmic microwave background. Neil deGrasse Tyson brought up the book on StarTalk Radio during the episode titled Relativity Round-up: StarTalk Live! With Janna Levin, which aired on November 7, 2023. While introducing Janna Levin, who serves as the editor-in-chief of the Pioneer Works podcast, Neil deGrasse Tyson explicitly highlighted the book as one of his absolute favorites. His mention of the work served to honor Levin's literary and scientific contributions, framing her not only as a distinguished podcast host and author but also linking her expertise directly to the themes of black holes and modern cosmology explored within her writing. The podcast episode allowed the host to express clear admiration for Levin's academic and public-facing communication style, using the book's title to ground their discussion in broader public fascination with astrophysics and the origins of the cosmos. Through this brief yet enthusiastic endorsement, listeners of the show were directed toward Levin's unique blend of narrative storytelling and rigorous scientific inquiry.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Editor-in-chief of the Pioneer Works podcast, author of 'How the Universe Got Its Spots,' one of my favorites. 2
“editor-in chief of the pioneer Works podcast author of How the Universe Got Its Spots one of my favorites uh black hole”
“Editor-in-chief of the Pioneer Works podcast, author of 'How the Universe Got Its Spots,' one of my favorites.”
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“And my favorite book I like to pronounce the black hole blue. I love that. That's the British cover.”
“She has also written some incredible books, including "How the Universe Got Its Spots" on the topic of the shape and the size of the universe, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" on the topic of genius, madness, and the limits of knowledge, "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" on the topic of LIGO and the detection”
“So one of them is 'How the Universe Got Its Spots.' How the Universe Got Its Spots!”
“so one of them is How the Universe Got Its Spots”
“and you're published on these topics You got your own books Right So first there's together chuck the black blues”
“so my first book is about whether or not the universe is infinite or finite it's a question we don't know the answer yet how the universe got its spots”
“so so how the leopard got its spots is actually a very similar mathematical problem because you're asking about enzymes being higher low in the developing embryo and it turns out that the shape and the size of the animal and like whether it's tubular or when no spots or hitting it that it will determine what kind of spots”
“so so how the universe got it spots as a similar mathematical problem we're solving for hot and cold spots in a particular geometry when the universe was like a developing embryo basically and this goes back to Alan Turing who solved some of these problems for the animal”