Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2024-11-12

Books mentioned on A Conversation with Astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III

3 books · With J. Richard Gott III · Watch on YouTube

Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Welcome to the Universe by Neil deGrasse Tyson and others, Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by J. Richard Gott, and Flowers for Algernon by David Rogers and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Welcome to the Universe

   Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott · at 5:00

   Welcome to the Universe by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A.

   Discussed

   “Welcome to the universe it's a highly readable textbook of the course we taught right”

   Neil deGrasse Tyson A Conversation with Astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III 2024-11-12 Listen at 5:00

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   Time Travel in Einstein's Universe

   J. Richard Gott · at 50:30

   Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by J.

   Discussed

   “you talk about this in your book yeah time travel in Einstein's Universe”

   Neil deGrasse Tyson A Conversation with Astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III 2024-11-12 Listen at 50:30

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
3. 

   Flowers for Algernon

   David Rogers, Daniel Keyes · at 1:03:50

   Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a poignant science fiction novel about Charlie Gordon, a man with an intellectual disability who undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to dramatically enhance his intelligence, mirroring the earlier cognitive boost of a laboratory mouse named Algernon.

   Discussed

   “as a kid I remembered reading flowers for alron oh yeah only later to learn”

   Neil deGrasse Tyson A Conversation with Astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III 2024-11-12 Listen at 1:03:50

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible