Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-01-14
Books mentioned on The Elements of Marie Curie with Dava Sobel
How did Marie Curie’s discoveries in radioactivity change our understanding of the natural world? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice sit down with science writer Dava Sobel, author of a new book on Curie, to explore the enduring impact of her work on radioactivity.
Chuck Nice discussed Longitude by Dava Sobel and The glass universe by Dava Sobel. Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel. Dava Sobel discussed Women in Their Element by Annette Lykknes and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Longitude
Longitude by Dava Sobel is a historical non-fiction book that tells the dramatic story of John Harrison, an eighteenth-century clockmaker who spent decades developing the marine chronometer to solve the deadly navigational problem of determining longitude at sea.
Discussed“I think most people came to know you through your I don't know if it's your first book but the first book that did really really well of course and that was uh the chronometer story longitude longitude yes uh the story The subtitle you know if you if you read the title in the subtitle's book you say I”
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The glass universe
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel is a historical nonfiction book that chronicles the groundbreaking contributions of female astronomers at the Harvard Observatory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Discussed“give buy me the subtitle what was it the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time oh no I'm buying that book”
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Women in Their Element
Discussed“but then I was asked to review a book called women in their element and it was all about women chemists”
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