Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-05-28
Books mentioned on #2506 - Michelle Thaller
Michelle Thaller, PhD, is an astrophysicist, award-winning science communicator, and retired NASA executive who worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA Headquarters.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is a critically acclaimed progressive rock concept album renowned for its innovative soundscapes, philosophical lyricism, and iconic prism album artwork.
Discussed“You You take that white light. You've seen pictures of like prism, you know, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, you know, white light goes in, rainbow comes out.”
Where to get it
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The Science of Interstellar
The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne is a non-fiction book explaining the real physics behind Christopher Nolan's sci-fi film.
Discussed“Yeah, I I you know, we we we talked about that movie Interstellar because there were a lot of good teaching moments in that movie for for a physicist.”
Where to get it
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The First Three Minutes
The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg is a classic science book that has been in circulation since the 1970s, outlining how scientists believe the universe evolved from the Big Bang through the formation of basic hydrogen in its earliest moments.
Recommended“There's a great book called The First Three Minutes, which has been around since the Oh, jeez, probably since the 1970s, maybe even longer. And it sort of outlines how we think that you know, the universe in the first three minutes basically went from the Big Bang to just sort of all the hydrogen that and helium that we”
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