Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2022-05-10

Books mentioned on Cosmic Queries – Multiverses & Wormholes with Brian Cox

2 books · With Brian Cox · Listen · Watch on YouTube

What properties are fundamental to the universe? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice take a deep dive into multiverses, inflation theory, wormholes, and quantum entanglement with particle physicist Brian Cox.

Brian Cox recommended The Cosmic Landscape by Leonard Susskind. Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Cosmic Landscape

   Leonard Susskind · at 17:57

   Leonard Susskind's exploratory physics book examines the complex concept of the multiverse and the idea that our universe may be just one of many distinct pocket universes with different physical laws.

   Recommended

   “this goes back to it links to something called the string landscape which leonard suskind actually wrote a great book called the cosmic landscape a while ago detailing this theory”

   Brian Cox Cosmic Queries – Multiverses & Wormholes with Brian Cox 2022-05-10 Listen at 17:57

   Where to get it

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   Slaughterhouse-Five

   Kurt Vonnegut · at 35:27

   Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a classic anti-war novel that follows the life of Billy Pilgrim as he becomes unstuck in time and experiences the devastating Allied firebombing of Dresden during World War II.

   Discussed

   “slaughterhouse five by kurt vonnegut which is a time travel story on top of being a world war ii story”

   Neil deGrasse Tyson Cosmic Queries – Multiverses & Wormholes with Brian Cox 2022-05-10 Listen at 35:27

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible