Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body - From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart | Lex Fridman Podcast #297
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"The following is a conversation with Jonathan Reisman, a physician and the writer of "The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy.""
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"You wrote a book called "Unseen Body," all about the human body: the messy, the weird, the beautiful, and the fascinating details."
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"One thing I talk about in the book is there are some other body parts that seem to be lacking that kind of brilliant design, such as the throat."
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"You talk about the wisdom of a design in the book. What are the important things about the hand?"
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"For instance, I have a story in the book about a guy whose thumb was nearly ripped off by his dog's leash."
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"We’ll talk about fascinating details, but what’s you— I should say for people that should read your book, they will come face to face with the fact that you do not shy away from the weird and the wonderful of the human body."
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"You know, like I talk about in the book about in India where they, uh, you know, the hands are symmetric, as you said, but in Indian culture, the left hand is taboo."
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"So your book is ordered in a particular way: it’s throat, heart, feces, genitals, liver, pineal gland, brain, skin, urine, fat, lungs, eyes, mucus, fingers and toes, and blood."
The Unseen Body
Buy on Amazon"As we talked about sex and death, I talk about in the book a lot of for instance the female genital tract, how the uterus is very unusual because, you know, it doesn't even sort of wake up and start doing its thing until the second decade of life."