Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2022-01-18
Books mentioned on Social Networks and Ending the Pandemic with Nicholas Christakis
How do diseases and information spread? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discover the history of pandemics, how social networks impact spread, and the hidden math behind it with sociologist Nicholas Christakis.
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Apollo's Arrow by Nicholas A. Christakis. Nicholas Christakis discussed The Iliad.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Apollo's Arrow
Apollo's Arrow by Nicholas A.
Discussed“uh in your book apollo's arrow in the in the preface you describe the fact that this pandemic and the social reaction to it is playing out as you'd expect”
Where to get it
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The Iliad
Homer's ancient epic poem The Iliad chronicles the final weeks of the Trojan War and the devastating wrath of the Greek warrior Achilles.
Discussed“plagues are plagues are in the bible they're in homer's iliad one of the canonical works of western fiction begins with a plague they're in shakespeare they're in cervantes”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Apollo's Arrow
“and your recent book was just released in paperback apollo's arrow and give me the subtitle on that again uh the profound and enduring impact of coronavirus on the way we live nailed it”
Plugged Apollo's Arrow
“and i actually discussed this in apollo 0 which is that there's this tendency it's theorized and often seen”