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Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-09-24

Lex Fridman & James Gosling: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #126

#126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing

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James Gosling is the founder and lead designer of the Java programming language.

James Gosling discussed The Penguin dictionary of curious and interesting numbers by David G. Wells.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Penguin dictionary of curious and interesting numbers

    David G. Wells · at 5:32

    Discussed
    “when i was a teenager there was this book called the the dictionary of curious and interesting numbers which for some reason i read through and damn near memorized the whole thing”
    James Gosling #126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computin… 2020-09-24 Listen at 5:32
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“but when i was a teenager there was this book called the the dictionary of curious and interesting numbers which for some reason i read through and damn near memorized the whole thing”
James Gosling #126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computin… 2020-09-24 Listen at 5:32
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