Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-06-25
Books mentioned on #297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart
Jonathan Reisman is a physician and author of The Unseen Body who has practiced medicine in some of the most remote places in the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Lambda: https://lambdalabs.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Unseen Body
The Unseen Body by Jonathan Reisman is a nonfiction book that explores human anatomy through unconventional perspectives.
Recommended“i should say for people that should uh 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 it's like it's fun but it's honest”
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder is a biography of the physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, detailing his pioneering work to bring modern medical care to impoverished communities in Haiti and around the world.
Recommended“and he i remember reading some of his books and a book about him by tracy kidder that's really great mountains beyond mountains about how even when he was a medical student he was flying back and forth to haiti in between exams”
Other mentions in this episode (12) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Unseen Body
“the following is a conversation with jonathan weissman a physician and writer of the unseen body a doctor's journey through the hidden wonders of human anatomy”
Own book The Unseen Body
“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."”
Own book The Unseen Body
“You wrote a book called "Unseen Body," all about the human body: the messy, the weird, the beautiful, and the fascinating details.”
Own book The Unseen Body
“one thing i talk about in the book there's some other body parts that seem to be lacking that kind of brilliant design such as the throat you know where the food drink are swallowed and air is inhaled”
Own book The Unseen Body
“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.”
Own book The Unseen Body
“You talk about the wisdom of a design in the book. What are the important things about the hand?”
Own book The Unseen Body
“for instance um i have a story in the book about a guy whose thumb is nearly ripped off by his dog's leash”
Own book The Unseen Body
“For instance, I have a story in the book about a guy whose thumb was nearly ripped off by his dog's leash.”
Own book The Unseen Body
“like as i talk in the book about in in india where they uh you know the hands are symmetric as you said but in indian culture and the left hand is taboo”
Own book The Unseen Body
“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.”
Own book The Unseen Body
“So, as the book title says, Unseen Body.”
Own book The Unseen Body
“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.”