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Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk Radio! Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, and his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities, and scientific experts explore astronomy, physics, and everything else there is to know about life in the universe...
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The Demon-Haunted World
Carl Sagan
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Are We The Universe’s Way of Knowing Itself? With Brian Cox
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set
Richard P. Feynman
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Are We The Universe’s Way of Knowing Itself? With Brian Cox
Light
Kimberly Arcand
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Listening to the Universe with Kimberly Arcand
The World in Six Songs
Daniel J. Levitin
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Is Music the Language of the Universe? with Daniel Levitin
The Singing Neanderthals
Steven Mithen
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Is Music the Language of the Universe? with Daniel Levitin
Successful Aging
Daniel J. Levitin
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Is Music the Language of the Universe? with Daniel Levitin
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord
Daniel J. Levitin
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Is Music the Language of the Universe? with Daniel Levitin
Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium
Jr. Lyman Spitzer
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Dark Comets with Darryl Seligman
The Physical Universe
Frank H. Shu
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Dark Comets with Darryl Seligman
A Mathematician's Apology
G H Hardy
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Our Mathematical Universe with Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown)
Contact
Carl Sagan
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Revisiting the Drake Equation with David Grinspoon
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Travels with Charley
In Search of America
It was mentioned as inspiration for William Shatner's cross-country journey in a pickup truck after Star Trek was cancelled and he was experiencing financial hardship.
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So there was a book out in those years called Travel with Charlie. I remember that, John Steinbeck.
— Episode: Going to Space with William Shatner
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Episode: Going to Space with William Shatner
It was mentioned as inspiration for William Shatner's cross-country journey in a pickup truck after Star Trek was cancelled and he was experiencing financial hardship.
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So there was a book out in those years called Travel with Charlie. I remember that, John Steinbeck.
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
The film 'Hidden Figures' was based on this book and explored the stories of the African American women mathematicians who played a pivotal role in NASA's space race, highlighting their contributions and challenges during a segregated era.
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Well, actually, so this film is based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly by the same title, Hidden Figures.
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Episode: Hidden Figures, with Margot Lee Shetterly and Jane...
The film 'Hidden Figures' was based on this book and explored the stories of the African American women mathematicians who played a pivotal role in NASA's space race, highlighting their contributions and challenges during a segregated era.
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Well, actually, so this film is based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly by the same title, Hidden Figures.
It's a story about pushing the boundaries of what we can accomplish in space and the boundaries of what we can accomplish as humans in a divided country and the unity found in the pursuit of having pushed those boundaries.
And I asked Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly about what key lessons she would have us learn from this story.
We're featuring my interview with Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the best-selling book Hidden Figures.
World Without The Sun
It discussed the hypothetical scenario of humanity's sudden disappearance and the subsequent changes and effects on the environment and wildlife.
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Oh yeah, by Alan, yeah, The World Without Us?
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Episode: Cosmic Queries – Animal Outlaws with Mary Roach
It discussed the hypothetical scenario of humanity's sudden disappearance and the subsequent changes and effects on the environment and wildlife.
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Oh yeah, by Alan, yeah, The World Without Us?
Science Delusion
The book was briefly mentioned alongside "Unweaving the Rainbow" and "The Appetite for Wonder" as one of Richard Dawkins's works, suggesting a focus on scientific thinking and potentially challenging certain beliefs.
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Richard Dawkins, one of his books, of as many books, highly readable and lucid books, unweaving the rainbow, science, delusion, and the appetite for wonder.
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Episode: Exploring Science and Religion with Richard Dawkin...
The book was briefly mentioned alongside "Unweaving the Rainbow" and "The Appetite for Wonder" as one of Richard Dawkins's works, suggesting a focus on scientific thinking and potentially challenging certain beliefs.
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Richard Dawkins, one of his books, of as many books, highly readable and lucid books, unweaving the rainbow, science, delusion, and the appetite for wonder.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
It was mentioned as a possible source of the word 'grok', a term used to describe understanding and coming to terms with a problem.
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I'm trying to remember the book in which it first appeared. It might have been The Moon is a House Mistress, but I forget the details.
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Episode: Climate Science! With NASA's Gavin Schmidt
It was mentioned as a possible source of the word 'grok', a term used to describe understanding and coming to terms with a problem.
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I'm trying to remember the book in which it first appeared. It might have been The Moon is a House Mistress, but I forget the details.
Ulysses
It was discussed in relation to its challenging nature. It was mentioned alongside Finnegans Wake in the context of complex, challenging, and difficult to read books.
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Actually, I don't know that that happened with James Joyce and Ulysses and all these other great novels that are so celebrated of his from the 20th century, where did that shift the c...
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Episode: The Power of Storytelling, with Salman Rushdie
It was discussed in relation to its challenging nature. It was mentioned alongside Finnegans Wake in the context of complex, challenging, and difficult to read books.
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Actually, I don't know that that happened with James Joyce and Ulysses and all these other great novels that are so celebrated of his from the 20th century, where did that shift the center of mass?
The Botany of Desire
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
It was mentioned in the context of Carl Sagan's perspective on how plants, including marijuana, can enhance human awareness and presence, and was cited as evidence that he discussed the subject in an unnamed book.
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In the book Botany of Desire, they quote Carl Sagan who wrote a book not using his name where he goes on and on.
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Episode: Expanding Our Perspectives, with Susan Sarandon
It was mentioned in the context of Carl Sagan's perspective on how plants, including marijuana, can enhance human awareness and presence, and was cited as evidence that he discussed the subject in an unnamed book.
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In the book Botany of Desire, they quote Carl Sagan who wrote a book not using his name where he goes on and on.
There's one chapter in that book that talks about the fact that all of these plants exist and always had. And animals do them.
Conspiracy
Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
It explored the reasons why rational individuals might embrace irrational beliefs, particularly within the context of conspiracy theories. The book also discussed how to counter these tendencies and promote evidence-based thinking.
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You see, good thing Chuck didn't write that book.
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It explored the reasons why rational individuals might embrace irrational beliefs, particularly within the context of conspiracy theories. The book also discussed how to counter these tendencies and promote evidence-based thinking.
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You see, good thing Chuck didn't write that book.
He would have just said, you ain't rational if you believe...
My book would have been called Conspiracy. What's up, dumbass?
So, you are deep in this topic your whole life. Yes.
I mean, it's a career, you're a career skeptic.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Introduction by Edwidge Danticat (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
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Roots
The Saga of an American Family (Modern Classics)
It was Hakeem Oluseyi's first novel, which he read at age nine and found hard to put down, specifically the scenes involving Kunta Kinte's capture and the Middle Passage.
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My very first novel, which happened to be the book, Roots. Everybody was talking about it.
— Episode: A Quantum Life with Hakeem Oluseyi
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Episode: A Quantum Life with Hakeem Oluseyi
It was Hakeem Oluseyi's first novel, which he read at age nine and found hard to put down, specifically the scenes involving Kunta Kinte's capture and the Middle Passage.
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My very first novel, which happened to be the book, Roots. Everybody was talking about it.
When he got captured, that was the first thing that just got me in the heart. When Kunta Kinte got captured.
Then the second one was the Middle Passage.
Longitude
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
The book, which was a bestseller, was discussed in the context of the longitude problem and how John Harrison's chronometer solved it, ultimately giving Britain global dominance.
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You've got another book that you just published, The Glass Universe, about the women at the Harvard College Observatory.
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Episode: The Stars That Guide Us, with Nainoa Thompson
The book, which was a bestseller, was discussed in the context of the longitude problem and how John Harrison's chronometer solved it, ultimately giving Britain global dominance.
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You've got another book that you just published, The Glass Universe, about the women at the Harvard College Observatory.
Longitude.
So tell me, could you just summarize for everyone what the Longitude problem is?
which of course is still available.
Heart Breath Mind
Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success
The book, subtitled 'Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success', was written to make Dr. Lagos's techniques accessible to a wider audience and help people manage stress and achieve optimal performance.
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So, you wrote a book, Heart, Breath, Mind. It was subtitled, Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success.
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Episode: Hacking the Head & the Heart with Leah Lagos, PhD.
The book, subtitled 'Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success', was written to make Dr. Lagos's techniques accessible to a wider audience and help people manage stress and achieve optimal performance.
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So, you wrote a book, Heart, Breath, Mind. It was subtitled, Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success.
My objective in writing the book was to bring a process that has been so meaningful and by description of my patients as life-changing to the world and the people that can't come into my office and it allows people to take mobile devices, breath pacers on their phone, heart rate variability monitoring and use different types of applications in their own home to still gain many of the benefits of this process.
Extraterrestrial
The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
It was mentioned as a book that used 'Oumuamua as a starting point to discuss the possibility of other civilizations in the universe, and the imperative of life.
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Avi Loeb has written this book on using 'Oumuamua as the chrysalis for the thoughts of other civilizations existing, whether 'Oumuamua is a relic of some civilization.
— Episode: Going to Space with William Shatner
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Episode: Going to Space with William Shatner
It was mentioned as a book that used 'Oumuamua as a starting point to discuss the possibility of other civilizations in the universe, and the imperative of life.
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Avi Loeb has written this book on using 'Oumuamua as the chrysalis for the thoughts of other civilizations existing, whether 'Oumuamua is a relic of some civilization.
That's what he does in his book. He uses it as a launching point to have the discussion about how dare we think, because life is so imperative.
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[MARS TRILOGY] RED MARS, GREEN MARS [and] BLUE MARS
It was mentioned as a topic of discussion related to the possibility of engineered ecology and terraforming Mars, including whether it could be self-sustaining.
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So I was wondering do you think it would be possible to have an engineered ecology? For terraforming that would actually be robust enough to be self-sustaining Terraforming Emily, I think I think you'...
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It was mentioned as a topic of discussion related to the possibility of engineered ecology and terraforming Mars, including whether it could be self-sustaining.
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So I was wondering do you think it would be possible to have an engineered ecology? For terraforming that would actually be robust enough to be self-sustaining Terraforming Emily, I think I think you're the one who can think about environments most effectively.
The Scientist in the Crib
Minds, Brains, And How Children Learn
It was recommended as a book that explores the research on how toddlers are naturally experimenting and learning physics, such as gravity.
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I'm going to recommend a book called The Scientist in the Crib by a developmental psychologist, Alison Gottmik, who which covers all this research.
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Episode: The Science of Learning with Heather Berlin
It was recommended as a book that explores the research on how toddlers are naturally experimenting and learning physics, such as gravity.
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I'm going to recommend a book called The Scientist in the Crib by a developmental psychologist, Alison Gottmik, who which covers all this research.
The Believing Brain
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
It was mentioned by Neil deGrasse Tyson and discussed how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths, including topics like ghosts, gods, politics, and conspiracies.
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You've written many books most recently The Moral Ark but that's not why we called you it's because in 2011 you wrote a book The Believing Brain and then you had a really long subtitl...
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Episode: The Science of Illusion with Penn & Teller
It was mentioned by Neil deGrasse Tyson and discussed how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths, including topics like ghosts, gods, politics, and conspiracies.
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You've written many books most recently The Moral Ark but that's not why we called you it's because in 2011 you wrote a book The Believing Brain and then you had a really long subtitle I got to look this one up from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths this sounds like you're just out to ruin everybody's day
Duped
Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception
It was mentioned as a book recently written by Neil deGrasse Tyson's sister, Abby Tyson, highlighting the difficulty of the writing process.
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My sister Abby just wrote her second book Called Duped And I see firsthand, up close How difficult it is to write a book
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Episode: Cosmic Queries – The New Space Race
It was mentioned as a book recently written by Neil deGrasse Tyson's sister, Abby Tyson, highlighting the difficulty of the writing process.
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My sister Abby just wrote her second book Called Duped And I see firsthand, up close How difficult it is to write a book
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka was mentioned as a short story where a man transforms into a cockroach. The discussion centered around the man's thoughts and his family's reaction to his transformation.
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So a guy goes to bed and he wakes up as a cockroach. As a beetle. Don't make me.
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Episode: Cosmic Queries – Science in Pop Fiction
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka was mentioned as a short story where a man transforms into a cockroach. The discussion centered around the man's thoughts and his family's reaction to his transformation.
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So a guy goes to bed and he wakes up as a cockroach. As a beetle. Don't make me.
It's a meditation on a thing. Right, it's an existential story. Yeah, exactly. That questions reality. Yeah, exactly. That questions what is your life. I get it.
A Most Beautiful Thing
The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team
The book, originally titled "Sugar Water", was mentioned as the source material for a documentary of the same name about the first all-black high school rowing team, which was narrated by Common and produced by Dwayne Wade.
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It was a book called Sugar Water, but changed the name to A Most Beautiful Thing.
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The book, originally titled "Sugar Water", was mentioned as the source material for a documentary of the same name about the first all-black high school rowing team, which was narrated by Common and produced by Dwayne Wade.
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It was a book called Sugar Water, but changed the name to A Most Beautiful Thing.
And it's the true story of the first all black high school rowing team.
It's The Most Beautiful Thing. It's narrated by Common, produced by Dwayne Wade, Mary Mazio and Knight Wander.
You can find it on Amazon Prime. You can find it on Peacock and it's honestly, it's our story from beginning to end, not just our story, but the story of our moms and the work that we're doing now in the city of Chicago through the support of rowing.
The Ghost of Flight 401
Several books were written about the ghost sightings on Flight 401, following a Lockheed 1011 crash in Florida. It was referenced as a story where multiple witnesses saw apparitions of a dead flight engineer.
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I mean what was that stewardess seeing The Ghost of Flight 401 when they had a crash of a Lockheed 1011 in a swamp in Florida, the crash killed 400 people, they took the wreck, they p...
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Episode: A Conversation with Dan Aykroyd (Part 2)
Several books were written about the ghost sightings on Flight 401, following a Lockheed 1011 crash in Florida. It was referenced as a story where multiple witnesses saw apparitions of a dead flight engineer.
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I mean what was that stewardess seeing The Ghost of Flight 401 when they had a crash of a Lockheed 1011 in a swamp in Florida, the crash killed 400 people, they took the wreck, they put it into a warehouse and then they had an L1011 that had an elevator fail so they took the elevator from the wreck and they put it in this new plane.
By the way, when they took the elevator out of the new plane and put it back in the way, they do that. But that's a separate question.
Well, they were looking for spare parts. The apparitions stopped.
You had empirical, you had pilots and you had stewardesses, you had people of the real world seeing an apparition of someone that they knew and you had a corporate reaction to it that was quite extreme.
I think it's very interesting that he brought up The Ghost of Flight 401, which is indeed a famous story. But you know as well as I do, Neil, that current psychological research shows the reality of group hallucinations.
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