📚 5 Books mentioned in "Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries | Lex Fridman Podcast #190" of Lex Fridman Podcast

and I should just like take a year of leave and just like read ega the holy textbook el amon de geometry algebraic the elements of algebraic geometry

The guest recounts considering taking a year off to read the famous multi-volume textbook EGA.

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I think i'm gonna pick up on something you said i think you would love a book called duel at dawn by amir alexander

The guest recommends a book by Amir Alexander about the history of mathematics.

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the following is a conversation with jordan ellenberg a mathematician at university of wisconsin and an author who masterfully reveals the beauty and power of mathematics in his 2014 book how not to be wrong

The podcast introduction mentions Jordan Ellenberg's 2014 book by title.

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in his new book just released recently called shape the hidden geometry of information biology strategy democracy and everything else

The podcast introduction mentions Jordan Ellenberg's new book by its full title.

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but what he did is exactly this process of darwin-like exploration is taking these very simple ideas and writing a thousand page book on them

The host refers to Stephen Wolfram's extensive book on cellular automata and simple rules.

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