📚 3 Books mentioned in "StarTalk Live Podcast: Big Brains at BAM with Neil deGrasse Tyson" of StarTalk Radio
Podcast: StarTalk Radio
Episode: StarTalk Live Podcast: Big Brains at BAM with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Published on April 25, 2019
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Mayim's Vegan Table
Buy Mayim's Vegan Table by Mayim Bialik, Jay Gordon on Amazon
No I mean like whatever. I have this book. It's called Mayim's Vegan Table. I work on the Big Bang Theory, and I have two kids and that's my life.
Mayim Bialik mentions her book by title when asked about her personal future.
The bell curve
Buy The bell curve by Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles A. Murray on Amazon
There was a book written, called, "The Bell Curve" for example, about intelligence. And it said okay you know, we did this whole study and looked at populations, in X number of people from a certain type of background, have the highest IQ and others don't.
Heather Berlin mentions the controversial book "The Bell Curve" in the context of discussing genetic predispositions and intelligence across populations.
The Sports Gene
Buy The Sports Gene by David Epstein on Amazon
There's this book the sports gene, that talks about sort of the exceptional athletic ability, that we don't really think about, when we see Olympic athletes. They're at a whole different physiological level, than we even would think about.
Mayim Bialik mentions the book "The Sports Gene" when discussing genetic predispositions for athletic performance.