Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2023-02-15

Lex Fridman & Andrew Strominger: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #359

#359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics

2 books · With Andrew Strominger · Listen · Watch on YouTube

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Lex Fridman discussed A new kind of science by Stephen Wolfram. Andrew Strominger discussed Dreams of a final theory by Steven Weinberg.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   A new kind of science

   Stephen Wolfram · at 1:28:49 · mentioned 2 times

   A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram is a sprawling foundational text that explores cellular automata, complexity theory, and alternative computational models for understanding the universe.

   Discussed

   “he wrote a book A New Kind of Science um basically hinting at which a lot of people offended as like we don't have a good way to talk about these objects”

   Lex Fridman #359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretica… 2023-02-15 Listen at 1:28:49

   Where to get it

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2. 

   Dreams of a final theory

   Steven Weinberg · at 1:30:10 · mentioned 2 times

   Dreams of a Final Theory by Steven Weinberg is a popular science book that examines the grand quest of modern physics to discover a single, all-encompassing unified theory.

   Discussed

   “so Weinberg has this book called dreams of a final Theory yeah and I had this conversation with him”

   Andrew Strominger #359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretica… 2023-02-15 Listen at 1:30:10

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible