Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-03-07
Books mentioned on #79 – Lee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution
Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist, co-inventor of loop quantum gravity, and a contributor of many interesting ideas to cosmology, quantum field theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, theoretical biology, and the philosophy of science.
Lex Fridman discussed Einstein's Unfinished Revolution by Lee Smolin and The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin. Lee Smolin discussed Against Method by Paul K. Feyerabend, From Eternity to Here by Sean Carroll, and Time Reborn by Lee Smolin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution by Lee Smolin explores the conceptual limitations of quantum mechanics and investigates potential paths toward a unified theory of physics.
Discussed“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”
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The Trouble with Physics
Discussed“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”
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Against Method
Against Method by Paul K.
Discussed“I was very influenced when I was in graduate school by the writings of Paul fire Robin who was enough an important philosopher of science who argue that there is no scientific method”
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From Eternity to Here
From Eternity to Here by Sean Carroll is a popular science book that explores the arrow of time, thermodynamics, and the underlying physics of the universe.
Discussed“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”
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Time Reborn
Discussed“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”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
“paper was published in 92 when I first book in 1997 the life of the cosmos was explicitly about that”