Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2026-02-10
Books mentioned on Why We’re Going Back to Venus, with David Grinspoon
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed From the Earth to the Moon Annotated by Jules Verne and The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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From the Earth to the Moon Annotated
Discussed“go back in time 120 years or so or even a little earlier and we get to Jules Verne, From Earth to the Moon. And he gives how many hours it takes and he comes pretty close.”
Where to get it
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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds by H.
Discussed“So, no, but it's before that because it was Percival Lowell's published work on Mars and its canals that spawned War of the Worlds to be written in the first place. Right. War of the Worlds was written right after that when it got published.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Venus revealed
“Now, you wrote a book on Venus, but was it the book on Venus? Well, I like to think it was. That was a few years back. What was the title of that book? Venus Revealed.”