Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2024-08-06
Books mentioned on Answering Fan Queries About Strange Matter, the Insides of Black Holes & More
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce is a famously experimental and notoriously dense modernist novel that challenges traditional narrative structures with its idiosyncratic language and dreamlike logic.
Discussed“the word Quark comes from James Joyce's Finnegan's wake”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Finnegans Wake
“The word quark comes from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake!”