Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-09-15
Lex Fridman & Stephen Wolfram: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #124
#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe
Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast.
Lex Fridman discussed The Innovators by Walter Isaacson and Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder. Stephen Wolfram discussed Mathematical principles of natural philosophy by Isaac Newton.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Innovators
Discussed“this is this idea of uh he's a famous biographer but I think it's called the innovators the biographer of Steve Jobs of Albert Einstein”
Where to get it
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Mathematical principles of natural philosophy
Discussed“you know you know title of Newton's book you know Pria Mathematica mathematical principles of natural philosophy”
Where to get it
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Lost in Math
Discussed“so there's uh uh Sabine Hassen Felder I don't know if you're familiar with her she uh she wrote this book uh that I need to read”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A new kind of science
“he's the author of several books including a new kind of Science and the new book a project to find the fundamental Theory of physics”
Plugged A new kind of science
“you know I wrote about them back in 2002 with the new kind of Science and the cellular ainal world there's echo in the cellular aomin world”