📚 1 Books mentioned in "Life on Other Planets with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Aomawa Shields – Cosmic Queries" of StarTalk Radio
Podcast: StarTalk Radio
Episode: Life on Other Planets with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Aomawa Shields – Cosmic Queries
Published on July 13, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Life on Other Planets
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And she's got a new book, Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe.
In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson highlights that Aomawa Shields has released a new book titled 'Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe.'
Yeah, plus I want to get to the bottom of what it means to have a book titled Life on Other Planets, and now you call it a memoir.
Neil deGrasse Tyson refers to the book titled 'Life on Other Planets' and discusses the guest's characterization of it as a memoir.
You know, we had to ask that question, as I write in the book that having this question, could these planets even exist, is the first place to start for any scientist.
In the podcast, Aomawa Shields refers to her book, where she discusses the importance of asking whether planets can exist as a foundational question for scientists.
I have to say, I still remember, and you're gonna find out—you probably read parts of it already, but if not, you'll see later, like you're in the book! Okay?
Aomawa Shields tells Neil deGrasse Tyson that he is mentioned in her new book.
I write in the book, I say, 'Umua,' it sounds like my name. Oh, that's great!
In this segment, Aomawa Shields talks about how she references the interstellar visitor 'Umuamua' in her book, highlighting a playful connection to her name.