Book · 2020 · Astrophysics
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
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I read it and I can recommend it highly, especially if you love space.
Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 2020 Listen at 0:02 What they say about it
- Discussing the memoir“a kind of a memoir”3
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So you open your new book discussing rogue planet pso j318 so a rogue planet which is just this poetic beautiful vision of a planet that that as you right lurches across the galaxy.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 2020 The name of the book is The Smallest Lights in the Universe. What's up with the title? What's the meaning?
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 2020 I only recently learned that you've actually collected that together in a kind of a memoir, The Smallest Lights in the Universe, so congratulations on that memoir.
In your part memoir The Smallest Lights in the Universe it's a delight to see that contains a first-hand account not only of your life.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Mar 2021 Why people recommend it
The Smallest Lights in the Universe by Sara Seager is a deeply personal memoir that combines the author's academic journey as an astrophysicist searching for exoplanets with her grief following the sudden death of her husband. On the Lex Fridman Podcast, host Lex Fridman highly recommended the memoir prior to its release, noting that it is an exceptional read for anyone passionate about space and astronomy. During their interview, Fridman discussed the book's opening chapters, which explore the poetic concept of rogue planets drifting across the galaxy, and asked the author about the meaning behind the title. The memoir was also featured on StarTalk Radio, where host Neil deGrasse Tyson congratulated the scientist on collecting her personal stories and scientific endeavors into a published volume. Tyson praised the book for offering a moving, firsthand account of both her professional breakthroughs in the search for alien life and her private struggles with loss. Throughout these podcast episodes, the hosts emphasized how the publication beautifully bridges the vast, cosmic scale of outer space with the intimate, fragile emotional landscape of human resilience and endurance.
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Lex Fridman plus in a couple days august 18th her new book a memoir called the smallest lights in the universe is comin… 3
“plus in a couple days august 18th her new book a memoir called the smallest lights in the universe is coming out i read it and i can recommend it highly especially if you love space”
“so you open your new book discussing rogue planet pso j318 so a rogue planet which is just this poetic beautiful vision of a planet that that as you right lurches across the galaxy”
“the name of the book is the smallest lights in the universe what's up with the title what's the meaning”
Neil deGrasse Tyson and and in your in your part memoir the smallest lights in the universe it's it's a delight to see that con… 2
“i only recently learned that you've actually collected that together in a kind of a memoir the smallest lights in the universe so congratulations on that memoir”
“and and in your in your part memoir the smallest lights in the universe it's it's a delight to see that contains a first-hand account not only of your life”
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“i only recently learned that you've actually collected that together in a kind of a memoir the smallest lights in the universe so congratulations on that memoir nice published by crown in 2020”
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