Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2026-02-24
Books mentioned on Scientific Martyrs, Life Beyond Our Planet & More! | Cosmic Queries #106
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Nicolaus Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, preface and book 1, etc by Nicolaus Copernicus and After Man by Dougal Dixon and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Nicolaus Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, preface and book 1, etc
Nicolaus Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, preface and book 1, etc.
Discussed“He had just read Copernicus' De Revolutionibus, which puts the sun back in the I say back because the Greeks knew this, but they got lost in the Dark Ages.”
Where to get it
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After Man
Discussed“So first, there's a book written, forgive me, I don't remember the author, it's called After man.”
Where to get it