Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2020-01-16
Books mentioned on StarTalk Podcast: A Conversation with Tim Ferriss
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss, and Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss. Tim Ferriss recommended Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, and Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, and discussed The 4-hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a highly influential lifestyle design manual that challenges conventional career paths and encourages readers to automate, delegate, and escape the traditional nine-to-five grind.
Discussed“so the 4-hour workweek yeah where were you trying to go with that that book”
Where to get it
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The 4-Hour Body
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss is an extensive, data-driven guide to optimizing human physical performance, health, fat loss, and longevity through minimal effective doses of exercise and diet.
Discussed“so the 4-hour body was the same what are the hidden assumptions that are limiting the flower's body”
Where to get it
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Tribe of Mentors
Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss is a popular compilation featuring advice, habits, and answers to targeted life questions from a diverse array of high-achievers and successful figures.
Discussed“you want to come up just recently a tribe of mentors I haven't read that so what's that”
Where to get it
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The 4-hour Chef
The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss is an unconventional guide to accelerated learning that uses the kitchen as a laboratory to master complex skills and techniques.
Discussed“and the third book the 4-hour chef is confusingly not only about food it's about a framework for learning”
Where to get it
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You're Joking, Mr.
Recommended“surely you're joking mr. Fineman as a that's only book of in stay a radical book”
Where to get it
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A.
Recommended“and it started with a recommendation from my mom who said that I should read a stranger in a strange land by Robert Heinlein”
Where to get it
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang is an acclaimed collection of speculative short fiction that explores complex philosophical, linguistic, and temporal concepts.
Recommended“you have people like Ted Chang who has an amazing collection of short stories I think it's called stories of your life and other stories”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he's also the author of several books including the 4-hour workweek of the 4-hour chef and tools of titans”
“he's also the author of several books including the 4-hour workweek of the 4-hour chef and tools of titans”
“he's also the author of several books including the 4-hour workweek of the 4-hour chef and tools of titans”
“he's also the author of several books including the 4-hour workweek of the 4-hour chef and tools of titans”
“so I remember in third grade sitting on the stoop with this this big hardcover book I think it was called fishes of the world”