📚 12 Books mentioned in "Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #140" of Lex Fridman Podcast

it's called biology as ideology and it is all about I wouldn't call it one of the best books of all time but I I love the book because it really does point out you know that SC science as it's currently practiced

The guest mentions this as another book by Richard Lewontin that points out problematic assumptions in scientific practice.

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but the but you know like Dr shivago like or The English Patient oh my goodness like why

The guest mentions this book as an example of a love story, contrasting it with her preference for happy endings.

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So um maybe one way I could ask before we talk about the details you also have the author of another book is we talked about how emotions are made so it's interesting to talk about the process of writing

The host transitions the conversation to the guest's writing process, mentioning her previous book by title.

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and so my some of my favorite uh love stories are major pedigree Last Stand by Helen Simonson it's a it's a love story about people who you wouldn't expect to fall in love and all the people around them who have to overcome their prejudices

The guest recommends this book as one of her favorite love stories, mentioning the author and the premise.

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There's a book by um if you're interested in Psychology or the mind at all there's a wonderful book A little it's a it's a fairly fairly small book called naming the Mind by Kurt danziger who's a historian of psychology Everybody in my lab reads both of these books

The guest recommends this book about the history of psychology and the origin of psychological concepts.

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because while there are many books about writing Stephen King has a great book writing on writing and um you know where he gives tips um interlaced with his own personal history

The guest mentions this book as a source of tips on writing.

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her new book called 7 and a half lessons about the brain is out now as of a couple of days ago so you should definitely support Lisa by buying it and sharing with friends if you like it it's a great short intro to the human brain

The host introduces the guest and promotes her new book, mentioning its title and topic.

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but I would say the if I were to pick one book that I think is a really good example of good science writing it would be the beak of the finch which is one of it won a a pullit Sur prise a number of years ago and I'm not I'm the I'm not remembering the author's name I'm blanking

The guest recommends this book as a great example of good science writing, mentioning its topic and Pulitzer Prize.

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but the but you know like Dr shivago like or The English Patient oh my goodness like why

The guest mentions this book as an example of a love story, contrasting it with her preference for happy endings.

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actually there's also the evolution of beauty which is yeah which is also a great book

The guest mentions this book as another great book related to evolution.

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he made an analogy between me and uh character in The Fountain Head um the woman who's who's raped in the Fountain Head and I was like okay that's not that's not a good that's not a good that's not a good one not that part not that scene not that scene

The guest recounts a negative experience from an online personal ad where a man made an analogy to a character in this book.

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Another book like that is um the um the storyed life of AJ FY um which is also a love story but in this case it's a love story between um a little girl and her adopted dad and the dad

The guest recommends this book as another favorite love story, describing its plot.

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