Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-07-19
Books mentioned on #201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
Konstantin Batygin is a planetary astrophysicist at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Squarespace: https://lexfridman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Discussed“that's brilliant I didn't come up with this this was this is a little book by the guy who started the institute for advanced studies”
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The Black Cloud
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle is a classic 1957 hard science fiction novel by the renowned astronomer that depicts a massive, intelligent interstellar gas cloud entering our solar system and cutting off sunlight, leading to catastrophic global cooling.
Discussed“about the black clouds book i think this by fred hoyle this is like this has great connections with sort of a lot of the advancements that are happening in nlp”
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Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is a critically acclaimed progressive rock concept album renowned for its innovative soundscapes, philosophical lyricism, and iconic prism album artwork.
Discussed“and so i think you know if you were to you can sort of look at the entire dark side of the moon album and as you know getting pretty close up there to the pinnacle of what you know can be created”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams's legendary sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy follows the absurd interstellar adventures of Arthur Dent after Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
Discussed“and now let me leave you with some words from douglas adams in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and now let me leave you with some words from douglas adams in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green”