Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2022-09-29
Sean Carroll on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned (Sep 2022)
Cosmic Queries – The Biggest Ideas in the Universe with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Sean Carroll
Neil deGrasse Tyson recommended Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean M. Carroll, and discussed A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean M.
Recommended“in Fall 2022 published a book called the biggest ideas in the universe space time and motion”
Where to get it
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A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking's landmark popular science book has served as an iconic introduction to cosmology and black holes for millions of readers worldwide.
Discussed“I heard it from the person who said it that the original editor for Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time this was at Cambridge press warned him that for every equation he put in that book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A Brief History of Time
“Actually, it wasn't just a rumor; I heard it from the person who said it that the original editor for Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' at Cambridge Press warned him that for every equation he put in that book, the available audience would be cut in half.”
Plugged Biggest Ideas in the Universe
“I will recommend that people who think it's clergy and making things up buy a book that I recently wrote that explains how general relativity Works among other things”
Plugged Something Deeply Hidden
“in fact this is more or less the straightforward prediction of the equations that we've been lovingly describing here and I wrote a whole other book my previous book was called something deeply hidden describing and defending exactly that point of view”
Plugged Biggest Ideas in the Universe
“first multimedia the book uh that uh is out fall 2022 the biggest ideas in the universe”