Episode · This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 2024-11-12
Theo Von & Matt McCusker: books mentioned on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #544
Matt McCusker | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #544
Matt McCusker discussed Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead and others, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, and Tis by Frank McCourt.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell is a massive, multi-volume foundational work in mathematical logic that famously attempted to prove the logical basis of mathematics, including taking hundreds of pages to formally demonstrate that one plus one equals two.
Discussed“He wrote him and like ”
Where to get it
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Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes is a memoir by Frank McCourt that recounts the author's impoverished and challenging upbringing in Ireland before moving to New York City.
Discussed“And I read the guy, you know Angela's Ashes? Yeah. I read he he has one called 'Tis, that's his second, Frank McCourt.”
Where to get it
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Tis
Discussed“I read he he has one called 'Tis, that's his second, Frank McCourt. So, Angela's Ashes was his time in Ireland till he was 19, and then at 19 he moved to New York City in like the '50s, and he wrote another book called 'Tis, that's from the 1950s to like whenever, ”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Love Hypothesis
“The love hypothesis. Damn, their titles are very like poetic.”