Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-07-11
Books mentioned on Do We Have to Die? with Venki Ramakrishnan
Why do we die? Do we have to?
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Why We Die by Venki Ramakrishnan. Venki Ramakrishnan recommended Methuselah's Zoo by Steven N. Austad, and discussed scale by Jeffrey West and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Why We Die
Discussed“But what we're especially interested in now is Why We Die. And uh give me the the subtitle of that book, Why We Die. It's called The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality.”
Where to get it
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scale
Discussed“Jeffrey West who's written a book called scale shows that the number of heartbeats is is roughly the same.”
Where to get it
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Methuselah's Zoo
Methuselah's Zoo by Steven N.
Recommended“In fact, there's a book um written by Steven Ostad called Methusela Zoo, which where he talks about all these animals and he talks about Methusela Zoo. Love it. It's a it's a great book.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Gene Machine
“Oh, also you have a book um it's your second book, first one a few years back, The Gene Machine.”