Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2019-08-22
Books mentioned on StarTalk Podcast: Cosmic Queries – Summer School with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson is a collection of essays examining the history, decline, and potential future of American space exploration, advocating for renewed investment in the cosmos.
Discussed“In one of my books I have a chapter called On Earth as in the Heavens. It's all about the effort to discover laws of physics on Earth, and the question about whether they apply in places other than Earth.”
Where to get it
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Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton is a foundational 17th-century masterpiece of physical science that establishes the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Discussed“And Isaac Newton first demonstrated this-- - [Charles] In Principia.”
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