Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2024-09-10
Books mentioned on Answering Fan Questions About Nuclear Fusion, the Smallest Unit of Time and the Early Universe
Neil deGrasse Tyson recommended The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The First Three Minutes
Recommended“there's an excellent book written by Steve Weinberg a brilliant physicist won the Nobel Prize he wrote a very successful physics book uhhuh small called the first three minutes that's amazing”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing History of the Peloponnesian War
“Okay, he's claimed by the gay community in some books I've read. Right, but he never procreated.”
Passing Little Oxford English Dictionary
“I didn't know about the OED, the Oxford English Dictionary, but the Random House was nice and big! Found the biggest word!”
“and I turn those first three minutes into most of the first chapter of my book astrophysics for people in a hurry mhm cuz the first chapter is called in the beginning ooh that's the name of the first chapter”