Title:
Starry messenger : cosmic perspectives on civilization
JLCTITLE245:
Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
[New York] : Macmillan Audio, [2022]
Physical Description:
6 audio discs (7 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781250867766
General Note:
Compact discs.
Abstract:
In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more polarized than ever, Neil deGrasse Tyson provides an antidote to so much of what divides us: a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.
Contents:
Overture: Science and society -- Truth & beauty : aesthetics in life and in the cosmos -- Exploration & discovery : the value of both when shaping civilization -- Earth & moon : cosmic perspectives -- Conflict & resolution : tribal forces within us all -- Risk & reward : calculations we make daily with our own lives and the lives of other -- Meatarians & vegetarians : we are not entirely what we eat -- Gender & identity : people are more the same than different -- Color & race : once again, people are more the same than different -- Law & order : the foundation of civilization, whether we like it or not -- Coda: Life & death.
Performer:
Read by the author.