Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-12-19
Books mentioned on #348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life
Nathalie Cabrol is an astrobiologist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – True Classic Tees: https://trueclassictees.
Lex Fridman recommended Solaris by Stanisław Lem.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Solaris
Solaris by Stanisław Lem is a classic science fiction novel about a scientific research station hovering above an enigmatic, sentient ocean planet that manifests the deeply repressed psychological traumas of the human crew.
Recommended“and now let me leave you with some words from stanislav Lam and Solaris how do you expect to communicate with the ocean when we can't even understand one another”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Other worlds
“I mean, there is not one day that goes by where I don't hear about or talk about writing a book right now about the search for life in the universe.”
Passing Solaris
“Now, let me leave you with some words from Stanislav Lem's Solaris: 'How do you expect to communicate with the ocean when we can't even understand one another?'”