📚 2 Books mentioned in "Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing | Lex Fridman Podcast #183" of Lex Fridman Podcast
Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing | Lex Fridman Podcast #183
Published on May 14, 2021
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!
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1)
Buy The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1) by J. R. R. Tolkien on Amazon
i was generally inspired by stories true or fictional of campaigns or you know like for example like the lord of the rings that's the content
Po-Shen Loh mentions being inspired by stories of campaigns, including 'The Lord of the Rings'.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Buy The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams on Amazon
but because it's placed in a book with humor around it it has the meme effect of actually creating reality I mean you could say that 42 has a strong contribution of helping us colonize mars because it created it gave the whatever existential crisis to many of us including elon musk when he was young you know reading a book like that
Lex Fridman discusses the number 42 and its cultural impact, mentioning it comes from a humorous book that influenced people like Elon Musk.