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

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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!

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Gravitation

by Charles W. Misner

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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.

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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'.

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The elegant universe

by Brian Greene

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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.

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The fabric of the cosmos

by Brian Greene, Javier García Sanz

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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.

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