Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2024-12-03
Kip Thorne on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned
The Science of Interstellar with Science Advisor, Kip Thorne
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Gravitation by Charles W. Misner and The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne. Kip Thorne discussed Contact by Carl Sagan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gravitation
Discussed“but my first exposure to you was you were one of the three authors of this book called gravitation and we used to joke of course it was the only book where you learned about it just by carrying it around”
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The Science of Interstellar
Discussed“through this book admit it you created a Gateway film it it was a Gateway film so the science of interstellar yeah New York Times bestseller Kip Thorne with a forward written by of course Christopher Nolan and it says spoiler alert uh this book explains the Fantastic Climax and ending of interstellar”
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Contact
Discussed“And he said that he wanted, uh, that he had written--he'd already written this book, the novel; it was already in page proofs, and he said, 'I've got this novel, it's in page proof; the publisher is not going to be happy if I change it!”
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Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Science of Interstellar
“Yeah, well, I'd put it a little differently; I saw it as a superb opportunity to use this film as a motivator and to get people interested or intrigued in science, and then there would be a bridge to the science through this book.”
Plugged The Science of Interstellar
“Yes, the Science of Interstellar: New York Times bestseller Kip Thorne with a foreword written by, of course, Christopher Nolan. It says spoiler alert: this book explains the fantastic climax and ending of 'Interstellar.'”
Plugged The Science of Interstellar
“Oh, so they're on a subterranean island? You got to read it in my book! They are on--they're on an island, and this wave diffracts around the island; they hardly notice the island at all!”
Plugged The Science of Interstellar
“This planet is distorted by tidal effects and it's swinging back and forth, it has not yet settled down to one face toward the planet, and that swinging back and forth is generating this wave. That's all in the book!”
Plugged The Science of Interstellar
“The formula is in the book in this book! So you--so we don't have to go to your graduate textbook for that? Well, not for the answer!”
Plugged The Science of Interstellar
“So this is the key thing that's not explicit, that you only understand if you read my book! You didn't read it carefully enough! No, I--I read a lot of it!”
Plugged The Science of Interstellar
“But you don't know that's what's happening until you read my book, by agreement between Chris and me! That's the only way anyone's ever going to know!”
Plugged Gravitation
“In this book published in 1973, we went to press just after Ray Weiss wrote his seminal paper, I had not yet really studied that paper fully.”