Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2023-05-12
Books mentioned on Cosmic Queries – The Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies with Charles Liu
How can we use AI to explore the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer grab-bag questions about simulations, black holes, warp drive and more with astrophysicist and “Geek-in Chief '' Charles Liu.
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Atlas of peculiar galaxies by Halton Christian Arp.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Atlas of peculiar galaxies
Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Christian Arp is a comprehensive astronomical catalog published in 1966 that documents galaxies with unusual and asymmetrical shapes.
Discussed“it was called the atlas of peculiar galaxies and it was just it was the catch Basin of nothing that fit anything else and it and Charles you remember it became one of the most studied catalogs in the Canon of cosmology Alton C ARP chip Arps Atlas A peculiar galaxies published in 1966.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Le Morte d'Arthur
“In my recent book, Story Messenger, I reflect on what a simulated world would be.”