Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-03-15
Books mentioned on Neil deGrasse Tyson & Charles Liu Make Predictions About the Future
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed I, Robot by Isaac Asimov and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Charles Liu discussed A True Story (English Edition) by Lucian Of Samosata.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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I, Robot
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is a seminal science fiction collection that introduces the Three Laws of Robotics and examines the complex ethical boundaries between humans and machines.
Discussed“this is the same with Isaac asimov's ey robot which predates the Jetson”
Where to get it
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K.
Discussed“yes based on a novel by do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K dick”
Where to get it
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A True Story (English Edition)
Discussed“that's the name of the Lucan is the name of the person who wrote is credited with writing a science fiction novel called a true story”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Starry Messenger
“so in your book Star Messenger in the chapter at the end of exploration Discovery you kind of go on a F's errand and make raft of predictions for the year 2050”
“the handy quantum physics answer answer book V”
Plugged Starry Messenger
“what you describ in Star Messenger is the exponential growth of our lives our inventions our ideas in our understandings”
Plugged Starry Messenger
“just to be clear in the book I localized it to the era of the Industrial Revolution where you can fully expect that inventions will change how you live”