📚 3 Books mentioned in "Dr. Oded Rechavi: Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Huberman Lab Podcast" of Huberman Lab

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Episode: Dr. Oded Rechavi: Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Huberman Lab Podcast

Published on February 27, 2023

Here’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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Darkness at Noon

by Arthur Koestler

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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.

The podcast guest, Oded Rechavi, refers to a book by Koestler about the researcher Paul Kammerer and his toad experiments. The book is used to outline the story of Kammerer’s experiments.

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What is Life?

by Erwin Schrödinger

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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.

In this segment, the podcast guest highlights Schrodinger's influential book, 'What is Life?', published in 1944. This work played a significant role in shaping the field of molecular biology, providing insights that were pivotal for many physicists at the time. Additionally, the guest notes that the book discusses the inaccuracy of Lamarckism.

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Zoological Philosophy

by Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck

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So Lamarck worked, he published his book a little more than 200 years ago. And he believed in the inheritance of acquired traits.

In this segment, the host discusses how Lamarck published a book over 200 years ago, in which he presented his theories on the inheritance of acquired traits.

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