Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2026-01-09
Books mentioned on Your Brain is a Time Machine with Dean Buonomano
Is time fundamental to the universe or a human construct? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore our brain’s relationship with time, how we remember the past, and project the future with Dean Buonomano, Professor of Neurobiology and Psychology at UCLA.
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Horologium oscillatorium by Christiaan Huygens.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Horologium oscillatorium
Discussed“In fact, there's a probe named after him that landed on Saturn's moon Titan, called the Huygens Probe, made by the Europeans. That's just an aside. Anyhow, he published a book called Horologium Oscillatorium, I think was the name of that. And in there is a full discussion of timekeeping via pendulums.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Your Brain Is a Time Machine
“When did your book come out? DEAN: This has been out a while. This came out in 2017. NEIL: 2017. DEAN: Okay, give me the full title again. Your Brain is a Time Machine, The Neuroscience and Physics of Time. NEIL: Love it. Love it.”