Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-05-13

Brian Keating on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned (May 2025)

Brian Keating on Losing the Nobel Prize & Origins of the Universe

1 book · With Brian Keating · Watch on YouTube

Brian Keating recommended Waves in an Impossible Sea by Matt Strassler.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Waves in an Impossible Sea

    Matt Strassler · at 42:41

    Waves in an Impossible Sea by Matt Strassler is a non-fiction book that explores the Higgs field and the fundamental nature of physics.

    Recommended
    “a good friend of mine, Matt Straler, guys should have him on. He wrote a wonderful book about this called Waves in an Impossible Sea and it's all about the Higs field.”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Losing the Nobel Prize
“you know, my first book's called Losing the Nobel Prize. So, it wasn't wasn't this guy. And it wasn't any of us because it was retracted later on”
Plugged Losing the Nobel Prize
“your book that you losing the Nobel Prize, losing the Nobel Prize into the impossible, think like a Nobel Prize winner. And then in the fall, coming out on my birthday, September 9th, is”
Plugged Into the Impossible : Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner
“your book that you losing the Nobel Prize, losing the Nobel Prize into the impossible, think like a Nobel Prize winner. And then in the fall, coming out on my birthday, September 9th, is”
Plugged Into the Impossible : Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner
“focus like a Nobel Prize winner. It's a self-help guide for STEM nerds like me and Neil and and maybe like you.”