Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-08-16
Books mentioned on #116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System
Sara Seager is a planetary scientist at MIT, known for her work on the search for exoplanets. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors.
Lex Fridman recommended The Smallest Lights in the Universe by Sara Seager, and discussed The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker and The Worm at the Core by Sheldon Solomon and others. Sara Seager recommended The Giver by Lois Lowry and Sleeping Island by P. G. Downes.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
The Smallest Lights in the Universe by Sara Seager is a deeply personal memoir that combines the author's academic journey as an astrophysicist searching for exoplanets with her grief following the sudden death of her husband.
Recommended“plus in a couple days august 18th her new book a memoir called the smallest lights in the universe is coming out i read it and i can recommend it highly especially if you love space”
Where to get it
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The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning psychological and philosophical study exploring how human behavior is driven by the fear of mortality.
Discussed“well there's a there's a philosopher ernest becker who wrote a book denial of death”
Where to get it
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The Worm at the Core
The Worm at the Core by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski explores terror management theory and the foundational role that the fear of death plays in driving human behavior and societal creation.
Discussed“and just uh uh and warm with the cores and there's another book talks about terror management theory sheldon solomon”
Where to get it
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The Giver
The Giver is a dystopian young adult novel by Lois Lowry set in a tightly controlled society that has eliminated pain, fear, and deep emotional experiences.
Recommended“it's called the giver yes and it is the book that kids in school read now”
Where to get it
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Sleeping Island
Sleeping Island by P.
Recommended“and it was a book called sleeping island by an author pg downs who just coincidentally lived in this area lived in the boston area”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“plus in a couple days august 18th her new book a memoir called the smallest lights in the universe is coming out”
“i recommend the scent of money as a great book on this history debits and credits on ledgers started around 30 000 years ago”
“i recommend the scent of money as a great book on this history”