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Episode: Lee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein's Unfinished Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #79

Published on March 7, 2020

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

by Lee Smolin

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he's the author of several books including one that critiques the state of physics and string theory called the trouble with physics and his latest book Einsteins unfinished revolution the search for what lies beyond the quantum

The host introduces Lee Smolin and mentions this book as his latest work, giving its full title.

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From Eternity to Here

by Sean Carroll

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so in that spirit of talked several times with Sean Carroll who's also written an excellent book recently and he kind of he plays around is a big fan of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics

Lee Smolin mentions that Sean Carroll has recently written an excellent book about the many-worlds interpretation.

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The Ascent of Money

by Niall Ferguson

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let me mention that the currency in the context of the history of money is fascinating I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history

The host recommends this book for its history of money.

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The Trouble with Physics

by Lee Smolin

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he's the author of several books including one that critiques the state of physics and string theory called the trouble with physics and his latest book Einsteins unfinished revolution the search for what lies beyond the quantum

The host introduces Lee Smolin and mentions this book as one of his works, describing its critique of physics and string theory.

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Time Reborn

by Lee Smolin

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so I was interested in developing that notion of how science works based on a community and ethics that I told you about and I wrote a draft of a book about that which had several chapters on methodology of science and it was rather academically oriented a book in those chapters were the first part of the book the first third of it and you even find their remnants in what's now the last chapter last part of the trouble with physics

Lee Smolin describes writing a draft of a book about the methodology of science, which later became 'The Trouble with Physics'.

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