📚 3 Books mentioned in "Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Greene Confront the Edge of our Understanding" of StarTalk Radio

Podcast: StarTalk Radio
Episode: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Greene Confront the Edge of our Understanding
Published on July 2, 2024
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!

Gravitation
Buy Gravitation by Charles W. Misner on Amazon
But in terms of his book, he wrote an encyclopedic book on gravity and black holes, which is about, you know, 1,200 pages just filled with equations!
Neil references a book titled 'Gravitation' co-authored by Charles Misner, Kip Thorne, and John Wheeler. He describes it as encyclopedic and filled with equations.
So John Wheeler is one of the authors of this Misner-Thorne-Wheeler!
Brian Greene refers to John Wheeler as one of the authors of an implied book, previously mentioned by Neil, referencing 'Misner-Thorne-Wheeler', which is the textbook 'Gravitation'.

The elegant universe
Buy The elegant universe by Brian Greene on Amazon
Right, and the one I think most people know if they know you at all is 'The Elegant Universe.'
In this segment, Neil deGrasse Tyson points out that 'The Elegant Universe' is a book that many people might recognize, authored by his guest, Brian Greene.

The fabric of the cosmos
Buy The fabric of the cosmos by Brian Greene, Javier GarcÃa Sanz on Amazon
There’s another one, 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.'
Neil deGrasse Tyson brings up 'The Fabric of the Cosmos,' highlighting it as another book authored by his guest, Brian Greene.