Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2024-06-13
Books mentioned on #433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens
Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. She is the author of a new book titled “Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence”.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Life As No One Knows It
Life As No One Knows It by Sara Imari Walker is an exploration of the physics behind the emergence of life and the complex principles governing biological systems across the universe.
Recommended“She has written an amazing new upcoming book titled, "Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence." This book is coming out on August 6th, so please go pre-order it now.”
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Life Ascending
Life Ascending by Nick Lane and Ilona Hauser explores major milestones and innovations in the evolutionary history of life on Earth.
Discussed“Nick Lane has a book called, "Life Ascending," where he lists the 10 great inventions of evolution, the origin of life being first, and DNA, the hereditary material that encodes the genetic instructions for all living organisms.”
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King Henry V
King Lear is a classic tragedy by William Shakespeare that examines themes of madness, betrayal, generational conflict, and the deconstruction of absolute authority.
Discussed“Nick Lane has a book called, "Life Ascending," where he lists the 10 great inventions of evolution, the origin of life being first, and DNA, the hereditary material that encodes the genetic instructions for all living organisms.”
