Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-12-25
Books mentioned on Jim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right
Jim Gates (S James Gates Jr.) is a theoretical physicist and professor at Brown University working on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
"Surely You're Joking, Mr.
Discussed“there's a book called surely you're joking mr. Feinman there's a series of books that starts with surely you're joking mr. fireman”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Proving Einstein Right
“he's now the co-author of a new book titled proving Einstein right about the scientists who set out to prove in Stein's theory of relativity”
Own book Proving Einstein Right
“in our book proofing Einstein right we actually do talk about the fact that Albert Einstein in 1915 wrote a set of equations which were very different from Newton's equations”