Episode · EconTalk · 2024-11-11
Books mentioned on Who Needs Miracles? On Nature and the Miraculous (with Alan Lightman)
How can we cultivate a sense of awe in our lives? Easy, says physicist and author Alan Lightman: Pay more attention.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Einstein's Dreams
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman is a short, imaginative novel by an MIT professor and physicist that playfully explores various alternate conceptions of time and its fundamental nature.
Recommended“I've read Einstein's Dreams, which one of your earliest books, which is a wonderful, recommend it to listeners.”
Where to get it
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The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things by Lucretius is a classical philosophical poem from antiquity that articulates Epicurean philosophy and introduces early atomic theories regarding the material composition of the universe.
Discussed“And that was really part of the the the motivation of of a famous book written 2,000 years ago by uh the Roman poet Lucretius, who wrote a book called The Nature of Things, in which he uh suggested the the the the atomic process uh that that everything is made of atoms that obey cause and effect relations.”
Where to get it
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Own book The Miraculous from the Material
“His latest book and the topic for today's discussion is The Miraculous from the Material, Understanding the Wonders of Nature.”
Own book The Miraculous from the Material
“His book is The Miraculous from the Material.”