Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2023-05-18
Books mentioned on #378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars
Anna Frebel is an astronomer and astrophysicist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Hexclad Cookware: https://hexclad.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Searching for the oldest stars
Discussed“And just, you know, this dark sky with the bright stars. And I have described this in my book years ago. If the Milky Way is all bright above you, you don't need a moon or anything, you can walk in the starlight and you will find your way.”
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is a comedic science fiction classic that follows the misadventures of Arthur Dent across space.
Discussed“Now let me leave you with some words from Douglas Adams in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy': 'Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose”
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