Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2024-07-23
Books mentioned on Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll Discuss Controversies in Quantum Mechanics
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean M.
Discussed“So if this is a trilogy, the first big ideas book was called Space-Time in Motion, which is like publishers speak for classical physics, regular ordinary armchair physics. Isaac Newton physics, yeah, Isaac Newton physics and Albert Einstein for that matter, he was the star. Isn't it funny at this point, Albert Einstein is the old physics, classical physics, now”
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Mr. Tompkins in paperback
Mr.
Discussed“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,”
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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?”
