Episode · Huberman Lab · 2023-02-27

Books mentioned on Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Dr. Oded Rechavi

2 books · With Oded Rechavi · Listen · Watch on YouTube

In this episode, my guest is Oded Rechavi, Ph.D.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Zoological Philosophy

    Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck · at 17:21

    Discussed
    “So Lamarck worked, he published his book a little more than 200 years ago. And he believed in the inheritance of acquired traits.”
    Where to get it
  2. What is Life?

    Erwin Schrödinger · at 1:05:13

    What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger is a classic collection of physics lectures that explores the biological concept of living systems through the lens of thermodynamics, famously describing life as a continual attempt to constrain entropy.

    Discussed
    “Even Schrodinger, the famous physicist, wrote a very important book in '44, before the double helix, called What is Life? This is actually a book that drove many physicists to establish molecular biology.”
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Passing Darkness at Noon
“There's a beautiful book about him by Koestler that tells the story of what happened. There are several types of toads; some live underwater, while others live on land.”