📚 5 Books mentioned in "Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428" of Lex Fridman Podcast
Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428
Published on April 22, 2024
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!
Biggest Ideas in the Universe
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He is a theoretical physicist at Johns Hopkins, host of the Mindscape Podcast that I personally love and highly recommend, and author of many books, including the most recent book series called 'The Biggest Ideas in the Universe,' the first book of which is titled 'Space, Time, and Motion,' and it's on the topic of general relativity.
Lex introduces Sean Carroll as an author of a book series titled 'The Biggest Ideas in the Universe,' mentioning that the first book is 'Space, Time, and Motion,' which focuses on general relativity.
Biggest Ideas in the Universe
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In book one of the series, 'The Biggest Ideas in the Universe,' called 'Space, Time and Motion,' you take on classical mechanics and general relativity by addressing the main equation of general relativity and making it accessible and easy to understand.
In this segment, Lex Fridman inquires about 'Space, Time and Motion', the first book in the series 'The Biggest Ideas in the Universe', where Sean Carroll breaks down complex topics like classical mechanics and general relativity.
Quanta and Fields
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The second book, coming out on May 14th, which you should definitely pre-order, is titled 'Quanta and Fields.' That one is on the topic of quantum mechanics.
In this segment, Lex discusses the upcoming book titled 'Quanta and Fields,' which is part of 'The Biggest Ideas in the Universe' series. He highlights that this book will focus on quantum mechanics and encourages listeners to pre-order it.
The Fellowship of the Ring
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I reckon that warrants some comparison to The Lord of the Rings, , , , , , .
Lex compares the impact of Sean's work to 'The Lord of the Rings', highlighting its significance in the realm of literature.
Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
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So that's why I keep needing to distinguish between black holes according to Einstein's theory of general relativity, which is book one of 'Spacetime and Geometry,' which is perfectly classical.
In this segment, Sean discusses the differentiation of black holes as described in Einstein's theory of general relativity, referencing it specifically as the first book in the series 'Spacetime and Geometry,' which presents a classical perspective.