Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-04-04
Books mentioned on 49. Mathematician Sarah Hart on Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears | People I (Mostly) Admire
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Superfreakonomics
Superfreakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“Let's take *Super Freakonomics*, the second book that Steven Dubner and I wrote. There was every reason for it to be a huge success. We had just written *Freakonomics*, we knew how to write a book, but honestly, it didn't sell nearly as many copies as *Freakonomics* did.”
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The Emperor's New Mind
The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose is a landmark science and philosophy book that investigates the nature of human consciousness, artificial intelligence, and the limitations of computational models of the mind.
Discussed“His book—I don't know if it's the same book we both read, *The Emperor's New Mind*? Yes, exactly, that's the book that blew my mind as a teenager. By that point, I already liked math, but he talked about these things called Turing machines, which are theoretical computers.”
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