Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2024-07-23
Sean Carroll on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned (Jul 2024)
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll Discuss Controversies in Quantum Mechanics
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean M. Carroll, Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland by George Gamow, and Night thoughts of a classical physicist by Russell McCormmach.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Discussed“holding a book a book that I uh you know that I um picked up off of the coffee table the biggest ideas in the universe”
Where to get it
-
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
Discussed“I'm reminded of the the the Charming illustrated book series by George cam uh Mr Tomkins in I guess Wonderland”
Where to get it
-
Night thoughts of a classical physicist
Discussed“One of my favorite stories is from the book 'Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist.' Oh yeah, LS...oh no, that's not it, or maybe it's not; I'm misremembering. Either it was fiction or I remember it as a memoir from Ernest Rutherford, who first showed how empty the atom is by passing...was it neutrons or alpha particles?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Mr. Tompkins in paperback
“I'm reminded of the charming illustrated book series by George Gamow, Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, or something, and what he would do is—he's a business, famous business is mid-20th century. Okay, lived only just died only 20 years ago or so, but he, yeah, George Gamow, he was one of the original predictors of the temperature of the universe. Yeah,”
Plugged Quanta and Fields
“but the story you can read about in my new book Quant and Fields where I explained this”