Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2019-08-22
Books mentioned on StarTalk Podcast: Cosmic Queries – Summer School with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mathematics, and Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton.
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.”
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Mathematics
Discussed“C, one of the books behind you on a shelf is called Mathematics and Art, a book written by an art curator, who is fascinated by the role of science as it has influenced art, and I was privileged to be asked to write the forward to that book.”
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Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton is a foundational scientific text published in 1687 that establishes the laws of motion and universal gravitation, fundamentally shaping classical mechanics and modern physics.
Discussed“And Isaac Newton first demonstrated this-- - [Charles] In Principia.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Principia
“And Isaac Newton first demonstrated this-- In Principia.”
Passing The System of the World
“In Principia. And first drew it in The System of the World. That was his Cliff Notes for his Principia.”