Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-08-23
Lex Fridman & Grant Sanderson: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #118
#118 – Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown
Grant Sanderson is a math educator and creator of 3Blue1Brown. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: – Dollar Shave Club: https://dollarshaveclub.
Grant Sanderson recommended Peak by Anders Ericsson and others, and discussed Accessory to War by Neil deGrasse Tyson and others. Lex Fridman recommended Numero uno / Peak : Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Peak
Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool is a comprehensive study of expertise and deliberate practice that explores how individuals achieve peak performance through specialized training rather than innate talent alone.
Recommended“a a good book to read if you want that sense is peak which essentially talks about peak performance in a lot of different ways”
Where to get it
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Numero uno / Peak : Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Peak : Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson explores the cognitive and physical mechanisms behind world-class performance and deliberate practice.
Recommended“a good book to read if you want that sense is peak which essentially talks about peak performance in a lot of different ways like you know chess london cab drivers of how many push-ups people can do short-term memory tasks and if there's one it's meant to be like a concrete manifesto about deliberate practice and such but the”
Where to get it
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Accessory to War
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang is an exhaustive historical investigation into the deep, often overlooked connections between scientific advancement in astrophysics and global military security.
Discussed“i don't know if you've read it i haven't read it i've been meaning to read it but neil degrasse tyson actually came out with a book that talks about like science and the context of the military”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and it shows you that the fineman that we've all seen in like surely you're joking is different from the feynman in reality”
“i read shirley you're joking”