Every book Alan Lightman recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Alan Lightman

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   The God Delusion

   Richard Dawkins · Discussed · 1 episode

   Richard Dawkins's 'The God Delusion' is a prominent work of popular science and non-fiction that critically examines religion, the concept of a creator, and the irrationality of belief in God.

   Discussed

   “this is one of the objections that I have to to people like Richard Dawkins who very famous biologist wrote a book called the God illusion and I think that that he has a very condescending attitude towards believers”

   EconTalk Alan Lightman on Stardust, Meaning, Religion, and Science 2020-04-27 Listen at 36:34

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   The Nature of Things

   Lucretius Lucretius · Discussed · 1 episode

   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.”

   EconTalk Who Needs Miracles? On Nature and the Miraculous (with Alan Lightman) 2024-11-11 Listen at 1:05:38

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Books Alan Lightman wrote

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• Einstein's Dreams
• The Miraculous from the Material

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