Death by Black Hole

Feb 13, 2007

American Museum of Natural History

Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about his book Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries, published by W.W. Norton. It is a collection of essays about the cosmos. Topics included astrophysics, 'killer asteroids,' ionizing radiation, X-rays and microwaves, and habitable zones. After his presentation he responded to audience members' .. Read More
Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about his book Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries, published by W.W. Norton. It is a collection of essays about the cosmos. Topics included astrophysics, 'killer asteroids,' ionizing radiation, X-rays and microwaves, and habitable zones. After his presentation he responded to audience members' questions. Mr. Tyson became director of the Hayden Planetarium in 1996. He is the author of several books, including Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (with Donald Goldsmith) and The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist.

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00:00:14 none 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK ASTRONOMERS WITNESSED ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST EXPLOSIONS IN 400 YEARS A SUPERNOVA...
00:00:43 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING. IT'S QUITE A WONDERFUL SHOWING FOR THIS NIGHT. SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHO IS THIS...
00:03:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. I'M JUST TOLD THERE'S FOOT OF SNOW THAT JUST FELL. SO...
00:07:09 Unidentified Speaker HE JUST TOOK HIS BOOK AND JUST PUT THERE IT AND JUST WENT AND HAD A CUP OF COFFEE AND THEY HAD TO...
00:23:11 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER ONE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE. I TALK ABOUT THE VAGABONDS OF THIS WHOLE SYSTEM IN THERE A...
00:27:58 Unidentified Speaker YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN VAPORIZED IN THE PROCESS BUT YOU'LL HAVE A COOKED PIZZA THAT'S JUST RIGHT IN NINE...
00:30:41 Unidentified Speaker VULNERABLE. COSMIC PHENOMENA. NOT ONLY THAT COSMIC PHENOMENA THAT WILL GIVE US INSIGHT INTO WHO AND...
00:31:19 Unidentified Speaker -- I MEANT TO SAY MOUNTAIN THERE SORRY DIDN'T MEAN OTHER SIDE OF THE CLIFF, LET'S START THAT AGAIN....
00:31:45 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS -- WHERE INSIGHTS WILL COME. ABOUT WHERE WE FIT. IN THIS UNIVERSE. I WANT TO GO ON TO A RADIO...
00:32:40 Unidentified Speaker SO SEEING A SENDING A PROBE TO ANOTHER PLANET I DON'T THINK SO UNLESS WE DEVELOP WARP DRIVES OR SOMETHING...
00:33:01 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE BIG RADIO TELESCOPES REVERSE THEM, SEND US, A SIGNAL OUT THE OTHER WAY. IT WILL TRAVEL AT...
00:34:10 Unidentified Speaker -- THIS WAS A DAY LONG AGO YOU, HAD TO GET OUT OF YOUR SOFA TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL OF THE TELEVISION...
00:36:33 Unidentified Speaker THEN, AS THE RADIO WAVE WANTS -- CONTINUES TO WASH OVER EPISODES OF GORMER PYLE. YOU KNOW AND YOU...
00:40:17 Unidentified Speaker IT FEELS GOOD NUMBER REALIZE IT IS NOT STOPPING. AND YOU SAY OKAY, I'M NOT HAVING FUN ANYMORE. AND...
00:45:39 Unidentified Speaker NO, NO, SIRE. NO NEGATIVES IN THIS CULT. -- CULTURE. AND ACCOUNTANTS OUT THERE? NO NEGATIVES ON YOUR...
00:46:09 Unidentified Speaker HE DOESN'T KNOW EITHER -- YOU WILL FET BACK TO ME ON THIS ONE; OKAY? IT IS IN PERSON SEAS I WAS IN...
00:54:57 Unidentified Speaker OKAY? IS TEMPERATURE ALL RIGHT I'M OKAY HERE, TOO, I'M GREAT. -- THE FINAL SECTION, IS CALLED SCIENCE...
00:59:44 Unidentified Speaker SO HE SAYS ZEUS DID IT.
00:59:45 Unidentified Speaker LET'S MOVE FORWARD LEAVE SOME PEOPLE OUT BUT MORE OF THE SAME THE ESSAY HAS THEM ALL LET ME FAST FORWARD...
01:02:02 Unidentified Speaker AND HIS FRIEND WHO HE CORRESPOND WITH BY MAIL SAID THAT IS GREAT WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DO TO FIGURE...
01:02:09 Unidentified Speaker HE SAID OH, I HAD TO INVENT INTEGRAL AND DIFFERENTIAL CAL CLUES CALCULUS THAT HELPED ME SOLVE THIS...
01:04:08 Unidentified Speaker WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? WELL HE WAS SO FAMOUS IN HIS DAY THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO REWARD HIM SO THEY...
01:04:43 Unidentified Speaker NOT TODAY. BUT BACK THEN COIN WAS SILVER, GOLD SO A COIN COMES INTO YOUR POSSESSION YOU SAY -- LET...
01:06:20 Unidentified Speaker ER TESH WENT FURTHER I GET THE TUGGING, SO HE LOOKED AT THIS, HE GOT MAJOR GRAVITY THEN MINOR -- HE...
01:22:48 Unidentified Speaker SO OXYGEN, CARBON, NIGHT JEP JEP, HYDROGEN NOW THAT IS ENOUGH THAT IS IN LIFE. NOW LET'S TURN TO...
01:23:03 Unidentified Speaker HELIUM.
01:23:07 Unidentified Speaker YOUEM REMEMBER FROM CHEMISTRY HELIUM IS INERT YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE CHEMICAL EVEN IF YOU...
01:24:51 Unidentified Speaker WE CAN HANG OUT FOR QUESTIONS, AND BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO GO SO I DON'T WANT TO STOP THAT, LIKE IF...
01:25:21 Unidentified Speaker --
01:25:27 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT THERE. .
01:25:29 Unidentified Speaker -- YOU GUYS, YOU ARE ON. .
01:25:30 Unidentified Speaker SIR?
01:25:32 Unidentified Speaker YES IS, WANTED TO ASK WHEN THE C-SPAN PROGRAM WOULD BE PUT BEFORE THAT I HAVE TO ASK -- IS THE --...
01:25:45 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION IS MY SALARY SUFFICIENT TO BUY PANTS THAT DO NOT RIP. THIS RIP HAPPENED TWO HOURS AGO....
01:26:37 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY WILL AIR THE C-SPAN PROGRAM I WILL GIVEN YOU MANTRA CHECK YOUR...
01:26:50 Unidentified Speaker -- WE WILL GIVE HER A GOOD WORK WORKOUT.
01:26:52 Unidentified Speaker IN EFFECT WHILE I'M ANSWERING I WILL TRY TO PICK THE NEXT ONE SO THAT YOU CAN STAY IS THIS SHAPE HERE....
01:26:58 Unidentified Speaker -- TRAVEL TO SPECIAL EFFECTS CREDIT, FOR -- THE --
01:27:04 Unidentified Speaker -- NO, BUT DID GIVE ME A FREE COPY OF NEW RELEASE.
01:27:08 Unidentified Speaker I'M A SERVANT OF PUBLIC I DON'T LOOK FOR CREDIT.
01:27:11 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY DID ANYTHING SURVIVE A BLACK HOLE AS -- BACTERIA -- ALSO, THEORETICAL -- TO SHIP -- EFTHOUGHT...
01:27:30 Unidentified Speaker THE ANSWER TO FIRST THREE QUESTIONS NO, HAVE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. YES, A BACTERIUM, WILL LAST MUCH...
01:27:36 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE IT IS SMALLER AND THE DIFFERENCE IN FORCE OF GRAVITY ACROSS A BACTERIUM. IS MUCH SMALLER THAN...
01:28:13 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A TWO-SEATER, ALL RIGHT RIGHT HERE ON THE SECOND. -- IN ORANGE. AS LONG AS THE PHYSICS ARE...
01:31:53 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT INTELLIGENT DESIGN. I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT BUT DON'T YOU THINK THERE'S SOME...
01:32:13 Unidentified Speaker SHE SUSPECTS THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE UNIVERSE BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF -- I'M PARAPHRASING...
01:34:03 Unidentified Speaker WAY FROM THESE THINGS AND WE FIND A LITTLE PLACE WE THINK IS SAFE AND THEN THE FLOOD COMES. OKAY...
01:35:00 Unidentified Speaker BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN LAWS OF FIZZ IX THAT THE YUNNERS HAVE FOLLOWS AWOULD RATHER REWORD THAT STATEMENT...
01:36:49 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST ABOUT TWO MORE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY OUT OF TIME.
01:36:53 Unidentified Speaker I NEED 10 KIDS IN THIS ROOM I WANT TO GET A KID QUESTION.
01:36:57 Unidentified Speaker YES, LET'S SEE KID. HERE.
01:37:04 Unidentified Speaker HOW LONG AGO WAS THE BIG BANG?
01:37:06 Unidentified Speaker HOW LONG AGO WAS THE BIG BANG? HOW OLD ARE YOU BY THE WAY? YOU'RE 8 YEARS OLD. THANK YOU. HOW LONG...
01:37:44 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY -- HOW ARE BLACK HOLES FORMED?
01:37:46 Unidentified Speaker HOW ARE BLACK HOLES FORMED? EXCELLENT QUESTION. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU MAKE THE BIG ONES IN THE...
01:38:15 Unidentified Speaker SORRY. THATLY LEAVE -- THEY WILL LEAVE TO THE SIDE IN SOME CASES A NEUTRON STAR, A STAR PACKED OF...
01:40:31 Unidentified Speaker WE DID NOT NAME THAT ONE BAM BI. SO IT IS THE SIZE OF THE ROSE BOWL. SO TAKE A ROCK FILL THE ENTIRE...
01:48:10 Unidentified Speaker I DIDN'T KNOW. NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL STAY THERE. WHO KNOWS IF THE NEXT HARRY POTTER...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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