Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-11-14
Books mentioned on Superhero Science: StarTalk Live! With Charles Liu
Why can’t we run through walls if atoms are mostly empty space? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly, and astrophysicist Charles Liu explore force fields, warp drive, invisibility, and quantum physics behind superhero powers.
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland by George Gamow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
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Discussed“And so he had a series of books called Mr. Tommpkins in Wonderland.”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And he's also recently the author, check this out, here's a title. Oh my gosh, the handy quantum physics answer book.”
“And I was so surprised to find out when I was writing the handy quantum physics answer book that there was part of electronics technology for decades.”
“And what I enjoy about our world is that we have creative people who maybe took a few physics classes, maybe read your quantum handy question book, whatever it's called, and quantum handy that.”