๐Ÿ“š 9 Books mentioned in "David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #119" of Lex Fridman Podcast

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Episode: David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #119

Published on August 26, 2020

Hereโ€™s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

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uh anthony door wrote a book called all the light we cannot see which actually uh was inspired by incognito by exactly what we were talking about earlier about how you can only see a little bit of the what we call visible light in the electromagnetic radiation

David Eagleman mentions this fiction book by Anthony Doerr, noting its title was inspired by his own book 'Incognito'.

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Cosmos

by Carl Sagan

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as far as not as far as nonfiction goes i grew up uh with cosmos both watching the pbs series and then reading the book

David Eagleman mentions growing up reading the book 'Cosmos' by Carl Sagan, which influenced him greatly.

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Incognito

by David Eagleman

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i gave this the end of my book incognito

David Eagleman refers to a story or idea presented at the end of his book 'Incognito'.

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Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino

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I would actually recommend invisible cities I just i loved that book by italo calvino

David Eagleman recommends this fiction book by Italo Calvino.

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Livewired

by David Eagleman

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he is an author a lot of amazing books about the human mind and his new one called livewired

Lex introduces David Eagleman and mentions his new book.

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Sum

by David Eagleman

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and now let me leave you with some words from david eagleman in his book

Lex introduces a quote from one of David Eagleman's books.

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The Ascent of Money

by Niall Ferguson

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i recommend ascent of money as a great book on this history

Lex recommends this book for understanding the history of money.

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The Denial of Death

by Ernest Becker, Ernest Becker

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you know i i don't know if you're familiar with a philosopher named ernest becker he wrote a book called denial of death

Lex mentions this book by Ernest Becker in the context of the fear of mortality and terror management theory.

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The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

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um snows of kilimanjaro uh oh wow short stories that i love

David Eagleman mentions this as one of his favorite short stories by Hemingway.

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