Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-07-12
Books mentioned on 182. From the Beginning to Now | Lawrence Krauss
This episode was recorded on May 7th 2021 On this episode of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan is accompanied by American-Canadian theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss.
Jordan Peterson discussed The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far by Lawrence M. Krauss. Lawrence M. Krauss recommended The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far
Discussed“well in your book the greatest story ever told so far you document a very a large number of cases where theoretical physicists were driven to posit something they regarded as completely absurd because it seemed to fit the data assuming that something was wrong and were later shown to be right”
Where to get it
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The First Three Minutes
The First Three Minutes is a popular science book by physicist Steven Weinberg that details the current scientific understanding of the universe's formation during the first few moments after the Big Bang.
Recommended“stephen weinberg's book called the first three minutes talks about that”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A Universe from Nothing
“he is the author of 500 publications and 11 popular books including the international bestsellers the physics of star trek and a universe from nothing”
Passing The Physics of Star Trek
“he is the author of 500 publications and 11 popular books including the international bestsellers the physics of star trek and a universe from nothing”
Passing The Physics of Climate Change
“his most recent book the physics of climate change was released in february of this year 2021”
Plugged The Physics of Climate Change
“in fact it's related to even my last book is that is that we tend one of the things that science does”
Plugged Atom
“so for example i actually wrote a book called adam which takes you back to the for an individual oxygen atom from the beginning of the universe to the end”
Plugged A Universe from Nothing
“well in in the universe or nothing i suggested that's certainly a possibility”
Plugged A Universe from Nothing
“and and i talked about it in in the universe or nothing in in a lecture i gave you that sort of was the formation of that book”
“if you in my book in the in the book you read the great server told so far i make a big point of saying scientists were all moving in this direction and it was the wrong direction”