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StarTalk : with Neil DeGrasse Tyson : everything you ever need to know about space travel, sci-fi, the human race, the universe, and beyond.
- Title
- StarTalk : with Neil DeGrasse Tyson : everything you ever need to know about space travel, sci-fi, the human race, the universe, and beyond.
- Author
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]
- ©2017
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- Description
- 223 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- StarTalk is both a podcast and a National Geographic television program, in which host Neil deGrasse Tyson and his celebrity guests tackle provocative subjects in science. This companion volume features interesting photos, smart scientific facts, and witty commentary.
- Tyson looks at the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human. He attempts to answer all of your most pressing questions, from how the brain works to the physics of comic book superheroes.
- Uniform Title
- StarTalk radio (Podcast)
- StarTalk (Television program)
- Alternative Title
- Everything you ever need to know about space travel, sci-fi, the human race, and universe, and beyond
- Star talk
- Subjects
- Outer space
- Science fiction > Social aspects
- Earth sciences
- Science
- Popular works
- Science fiction > Social aspects > Juvenile literature
- Earth sciences > Juvenile literature
- Black author
- Cosmology > Juvenile literature
- Science > Juvenile literature
- Exploration of outer space
- Human beings > Juvenile literature
- Outer space > Exploration > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Literature
- Genre/Form
- Popular works.
- Literature.
- Juvenile works.
- Note
- Liu and Simons from Contributors page, on page [224].
- Audience (note)
- Ages 12-17.
- Contents
- Introduction -- About this book -- Space. What do I pack for Mars? -- What do I eat in space? -- Can we use wormholes to travel? -- Who goes there? -- Are we there yet? -- Planet Earth. Pale blue dot or big blue marble? -- How do we get water? -- Where do storms come from? -- Is there a solution for pollution? -- Is this the end of the world as we know it? -- Being human. What's the spice of life? -- Where does creativity come from? -- Shall we play a game? -- If we evolved from monkeys, why are monkeys still here? -- Futures imagined. When are the zombies coming? Could Superman survive a black hole? -- Why don't we have flying cars yet? -- Could Bigfoot be a space alien? -- When will we be able to time-travel?
- Call Number
- Sc F 19-38
- ISBN
- 9781426330872
- 1426330871
- 9781426330889
- 142633088X
- 9781549013140
- 1549013149
- LCCN
- 2016019357
- OCLC
- 1028992672
- Author
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse, author.
- Title
- StarTalk : with Neil DeGrasse Tyson : everything you ever need to know about space travel, sci-fi, the human race, the universe, and beyond.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Edition
- Young readers edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Audience
- Ages 12-17.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Liu, Charles, 1968 April 5- author.Simons, Jeffrey Lee, editor.National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
- Added Title
- Companion to (expression): StarTalk radio (Podcast)Companon to (expression): StarTalk (Television program)
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 19-38