Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-06-12
Books mentioned on #1130 - Adam Frank
Adam Frank is a physicist, astronomer, and writer. His scientific research has focused on computational astrophysics with an emphasis on star formation and late stages of stellar evolution.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Light of the Stars
Light of the Stars by Adam Frank is an illuminating exploration of astrobiology and climate change, investigating how advanced civilizations across the universe might face similar existential threats regarding planetary survival and energy consumption.
Discussed“can't be trusted your book alien worlds, yeah, and a fate of the earth”
Where to get it
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Genesis
Genesis by Eric Schmidt, Huttenlocher, and Kissinger is a thoughtful exploration of artificial intelligence that examines its rapid advancement, ethical dilemmas, and profound implications for human survival.
Discussed“and that Genesis to this book came a because I love science fiction been reading science fiction since that's kid”
Where to get it
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Contact
Contact by Carl Sagan is a thought-provoking science fiction novel that explores humanity's first encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence.
Discussed“was she the Jodie Foster carries the Jodie Foster character yet in a contact, yeah, yeah”
Where to get it
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Foundation
Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a landmark science fiction masterpiece that chronicles a visionary mathematician's efforts to preserve human knowledge and shorten a dark age through the establishment of predictive psychohistory.
Discussed“because that's it gives me the turtle because it's from like Shakespeare like from Caesar or something I was thought it wasn't good but it's the idea that like you know in the foundation trilogy the Isaac gazzman off you know classic science fiction thing there's the city of the Planet of Trant”
Where to get it
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Merchants of Doubt
Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M.
Recommended“what is the name of that merchants of doubt' merchants of doubt', yeah that's a great smoke man, that's a really good book”
Where to get it
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Aurora
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson is a science fiction novel that follows a generation ship on a multi-generational voyage to colonize a distant star system.
Recommended“you know there's this great novel by Kim Stanley Robinson who's like dis life for me one of the great science fiction writers and it's called Aurora and they you know they it's the usual world ship they go so they build the colony ship it takes you know three generations to cross space and they get to the planet”
Where to get it
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a popular science fiction novel set in a virtual reality dystopia where users immerse themselves in a sprawling digital metaverse.
Recommended“I I've read the book I didn't see the what was it the movie that just Ready Set ready player one, I didn't see I didn't see it, have you read the book the book, I'm like good because the book is like full immersion”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so the whole point of my doing this book was to start looking at ourselves as just one of you know we're not alone”
“so the whole point of my doing this book was to start looking at ourselves as just one of you know we're not alone”
“like because you know one of the things that I'm talking about my book is like how long does any civilization last”
“like because you know one of the things that I'm talking about my book is like how long does any civilization last”
“cuz you talked to climate denialists, and it's the same freaking set of things that like you know man dude we've been here before we've questioned is that answered”
“cuz you talked to climate denialists, and it's the same freaking set of things that like you know man dude we've been here before we've questioned is that answered”