Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2021-03-11
Books mentioned on StarTalk Podcast: Cosmic Queries – Origins of the Universe with Janna Levin
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin. Janna Levin discussed The God Particle by Leon M. Lederman and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Black Hole Survival Guide
Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin is a pocket-sized, accessible exploration of astrophysics that explains everything a reader needs to know about visiting a black hole without perishing.
Discussed“so so you've got that that book and a more recent one called the survivor black hole survivors guide which is a very pocket-sized book and everything you needed to know to visit and not die in a black hole i think is that that did they characterize that properly”
Where to get it
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The God Particle
Discussed“he wanted to write a call his book the goddamn particle because i hadn't found it yet and his publisher made him change it to the god particle which he said ended up alienating two groups those that believed in god and those that didn't”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Cosmic Queries
“this entire episode is a shameless plug for the very latest star talk book nice that is just coming out and it and the the reason why it's a maybe it's maybe it's not shameless maybe it's full of shame the point is it's the title of the book is cosmic queries the book was inspired by this spin-off of”
Plugged Cosmic Queries
“the point is it's the title of the book is cosmic queries the book was inspired by this spin-off of the star talk flagship”
Plugged Starry Messenger
“the first star talk book was called... it was called star talk”
Plugged Startalk
“it was called star talk the star talk book yeah this one inspired by this”
Plugged How the Universe Got Its Spots
“and you're published on these topics You got your own books Right So first there's together chuck the black blues”
Plugged Cosmic Queries
“and in fact the final chapter of the cosmic queries book takes you there”
Plugged Cosmic Queries
“so we just encourage you to check out cosmic as the second star talk book national geographic press”