Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-12-02
Books mentioned on Are We The Universe’s Way of Knowing Itself? With Brian Cox
What is truly foundational to the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice welcome particle physicist Brian Cox for a discussion about emergence, particles, consciousness, and the very fabric of spacetime.
Brian Cox recommended The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan and others, and discussed The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Phillips Feynman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan is a classic work of science communication that explores the importance of critical thinking, the scientific method, and skepticism in combating pseudoscience.
Recommended“you one of my favorite books is the demon haunted world and I love the first I think it's the first chapter where he tells the story of being in a taxi here in New York actually in a cab with a cab driver”
Where to get it
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Phillips Feynman, Robert B.
Discussed“So imagine the earth and if you try to explain the tides in the ocean by just having a static picture of the earth and the moon just standing as is drawn in textbooks as is drawn in textbooks then it's hard to figure out what's happening because as Richard Feman said in the Fman lectures if everything's just standing”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Guinness Book of World Records
“And and Brian, you you're just coming off of a tour that put you in the Guinness Book of World Records.”