Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2026-09-18
Charles Liu on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned (Sep 2026)
Cosmic Queries – The Fractal Universe with Charles Liu
Do the fractal nature of the universe and the human brain have anything to do with each other?
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I'm just going to remind people that you recently published a book, The Handy Quantum Question Book. Give me the full title of that. The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book.”
Ad read Lost in Space
“The latest collaboration between StarTalk and National Geographic. One of Jupiter's moons, Europa, has an outer surface of frozen water. But beneath that, the water is rendered liquid by tidal stress from Jupiter and other surrounding moons.”
“I'm so sorry. You kind of just put all of that in one thing. I am thinking so, yeah, I'm so wrapped up having written the handy quantum physics answer book that sometimes I gloss over the details.”
Plugged Real Science
“Charles, you've, you, I was checking, you've got a whole other book coming out. Yes, I do. And October. Yes. That's right. And it is on superheroes? It is on supernatural science. The real science of superheroes, mythic creatures, and the sci-fi universe.”
Plugged The Sci-Fi Universe Builder
“Charles, you've, you, I was checking, you've got a whole other book coming out. Yes, I do. And October. Yes. That's right. And it is on superheroes? It is on supernatural science. The real science of superheroes, mythic creatures, and the sci-fi universe.”