BookLab 011: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs; The Brain; Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Lisa Randall puts forward a bold idea about how the dinosaurs met their demise – and the role that an exotic kind of matter may have played. We look at her new book, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, in Episode 11 of BookLab. Also in this episode: The Brain, by David Eagleman; and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli. Listen on SoundCloud or subscribe on iTunes.