Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2026-09-29
Books mentioned on Quantum Anomalies with Lara Anderson
Why does string theory need ten dimensions? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Jordan Klepper sit down with Lara Anderson, string theorist and associate professor of physics at Virginia Tech, to tackle intersecting dimensions, the nature of gravity, and a unified field theory.
Jordan Klepper discussed Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Flatland
Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott is a satirical novella that uses the adventures of a square in a two-dimensional world to explore the concepts of dimensions and perspective.
Discussed“I mean, I was just told about a book that, what is it, the, not Flat Earth. Flatland? Flatland, yes. Flatland, wonderful book. That's a cool book.”
Where to get it
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