Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2019-10-03
Brian Greene on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned (Oct 2019)
StarTalk @ NY Comic Con: It’s About Time! (Brian Greene & Neil deGrasse Tyson)
Brian Greene discussed Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland by George Gamow. Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Mr. Tompkins in paperback by George Gamow, Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott, Mars by Percival Lowell, Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell, and The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
Discussed“- Oh you mean "Mr. Tompkins Wonderland." - Yeah, "Mr. Tompkins Wonderland."”
Where to get it
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Mr. Tompkins in paperback
Discussed“Where he changed the values of the constants. - Oh you mean "Mr. Tompkins Wonderland." - Yeah, "Mr. Tompkins Wonderland."”
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Flatland
Discussed“- It's like the book "Flatland," right? Same kind of idea? - It's a version of that, yes exactly right.”
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Mars
Discussed“And he published his books on this. First book was titled "Mars." Next one "Mars and its Canals." And he has maps of the surface of Mars with canals connecting nodes to the poles.”
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Mars and Its Canals
Discussed“And he published his books on this. First book was titled "Mars." Next one "Mars and its Canals." And he has maps of the surface of Mars with canals connecting nodes to the poles.”
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The War of the Worlds
Discussed“Within a few years of this, H.G. Wells wrote "War of the Worlds." (audience cheers) Inspired by those observations.”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The elegant universe
“Oh, by the way, Brian, you know, had three best selling books about this stuff, okay? Among them, "The Fabric of the Universe", "Fabric of the Cosmos", "The Elegant Universe", and, your third of those was what?”
Plugged The fabric of the cosmos
“Oh, by the way, Brian, you know, had three best selling books about this stuff, okay? Among them, "The Fabric of the Universe", "Fabric of the Cosmos", "The Elegant Universe", and, your third of those was what?”
Passing The elegant universe
“Among them, "The Fabric of the Universe", "Fabric of the Cosmos", "The Elegant Universe", and, your third of those was what?”
Passing The fabric of the cosmos
“Among them, "The Fabric of the Universe", "Fabric of the Cosmos", "The Elegant Universe", and, your third of those was what?”
Plugged The Hidden Reality
“- "The Hidden Reality." - "The Hidden Reality," thank you, thank you.”