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On the radio

For those willing to stay up a bit late, I will be appearing on Coast to Coast tonight from midnight to 2 am (Pacific), talking about my book, The Universe in a Mirror, and history of the Hubble Space Telescope as it celebrates its 25th anniversary in orbit.

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On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.


The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
 

"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

7 comments

  • t-dub

    Always nice to hear you on Coast Robert, I will tune in for sure.

  • t-dub

    Robert, listening to your interview now. Your talk on philosophy vs science was excellent. Thank you so much. Also very interesting to learn about the Hubble and Webb telescopes.

  • Joe Allen

    You assume that all reality is PHYSICAL reality. However Information and Meaning (e.g., the Meaning of Life) are NOT Physical realities; they are NON-Physical realities because they have NO Physical properties (mass, polarity, etc).

    Information can be coded into Physical realities like the English language (e.g., two = 2, yes, no, etc), but an Intelligent Agent has to de-code the Information.

  • I do not assume at all that “all reality is physical.” You are putting words in my mouth. I was very clear on C2C tonight that when I am talking about science, I am not talking about philosophy. They are different things. What I believe philosophically I touched upon later in the show, after you posted this comment.

    I should emphasize that I only touched upon it.

  • Pet

    Rats, I missed it. I usually listen to the two idiots on redeye radio, but occasionally I tune in to the UFO channel during commercial breaks and give good old gullible George a moment because once in a while he will have a REAL scientist on (sometimes even a blind squirrel can find a nut).
    You are always one of the best guests on the John Batchelor show and I always look forward to when you are on.

  • Ben K

    I only caught the final hour, just flipping through, because as has been said, once in a while C2C has a rational guest. It was an enjoyable and thought provoking interview.

    And thank you Robert for the explanation of the name of the site, behindtheblack. If there is an explication of the name buried here, Ive never come across it. The philosophy ot embodies truly resonated.

  • Click on the link dubbed only “Behind the Black.” I intentionally left the location of that essay a little obscure, almost like an Easter Egg, so that people would have to search to find it.

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