📚 2 Books mentioned in "Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #359" of Lex Fridman Podcast

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Episode: Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #359

Published on February 15, 2023

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A new kind of science

by Stephen Wolfram

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I just don’t think, you know, he wrote a book, A New Kind of Science, basically hinting at which a lot of people offended as like, we don’t have a good way to talk about these objects.

In this segment, the podcast host discusses Stephen Wolfram's book 'A New Kind of Science', highlighting how it addresses the complexities of cellular automata and suggests that the field struggles to effectively communicate about these intricate structures.

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Dreams of a final theory

by Steven Weinberg

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So Weinberg has this book called 'Dreams of a Final Theory.' Yeah. And I had this conversation with him; I said, 'Why do you think there’s ever going to be a final theory?

During the discussion, Andrew Strominger mentions Steven Weinberg's book 'Dreams of a Final Theory' as they delve into the concept of a final theory in physics, exploring whether a complete understanding of the universe is achievable.

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