📚 2 Books mentioned in "William Shatner Has Questions for Neil deGrasse Tyson" of StarTalk Radio

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Episode: William Shatner Has Questions for Neil deGrasse Tyson

Published on March 28, 2024

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

Harlan Ellison's The city on the edge of forever (teleplay) Cover

Harlan Ellison's The city on the edge of forever (teleplay)

by Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton

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So if memory serves, that was The City on the Edge of Forever, which was a famous story by Harlan Ellison, a famous science fiction writer.

In this segment, Neil deGrasse Tyson and William Shatner discuss the iconic Star Trek episode, 'The City on the Edge of Forever,' which was written by renowned science fiction author Harlan Ellison.

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Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie Cover

Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie

by Albert Einstein

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So, according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, there is recent thinking that in the vacuum of space where there are what we call virtual particles that pop in and out of existence.

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses theories related to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, explaining concepts about virtual particles in the vacuum of space.

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