Why people recommend it
The Sky Is Not The Limit by Neil deGrasse Tyson is an insightful book exploring cosmic perspectives and scientific phenomena. The work was referenced on StarTalk Radio during a February 2024 episode titled The Mystery of Mushrooms with Bryn Dentinger, where host Neil deGrasse Tyson noted that he had written about mushrooms and their massive scale as the largest organisms in a book he published a couple of years prior. In an earlier StarTalk Radio episode from September 2019, titled Cosmic Queries – The New Space Race with Neil deGrasse Tyson, a speaker named Ray also brought attention to another prominent work by the author, reading out the full title of his related publication, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military, during a discussion on the intersection of space science and global defense systems.
Who recommended it
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“So Bryn, this question better be true about mushrooms being the largest organism because I wrote about that in my book I put out a couple years ago, so I’m listening!”
“But this is "Accessory to "War: The Unspoken Alliance "Between Astrophysics and the Military."”