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Every book Dmitry Korkin recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Dmitry Korkin has recommended or discussed 6 books on podcasts, as of January 11, 2021.
- Dmitry Korkin has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of January 11, 2021.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of January 11, 2021.
- The 3 books Dmitry Korkin has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 11, 2021: The Computer and the Brain, The Master and Margarita and Cancer Ward.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Dmitry Korkin aired on January 11, 2021.
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Dmitry Korkin’s most recommended books
- The Computer and the Brain by John von Neumann
- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
- November 1916: A Novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Dmitry Korkin engages in podcast conversations that bridge complex scientific inquiries, from the evolution of proteins and viruses to life and artificial intelligence. His book recommendations reflect a profound appreciation for Russian literature, historical suffering, and the intersections of human biology and computing. Korkin enthusiastically recommends Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita as a powerful novel featuring intertwined lives and a touch of magic. He also highlights the profound personal and intellectual impact of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward and November 1916, works rooted in the author's experiences in the gulag system and battle with cancer that helped earn him a Nobel Prize. Venturing into the realms of science and academia, Korkin discusses John von Neumann's profound essay The Computer and the Brain, noting that it was written while the author was dying of cancer to explore the parallels between biological neural systems and computers. Finally, he offers an honorable mention to Hope Jahren's Lab Girl, praising the audiobook as a personal and engaging account of a life spent in scientific research and academia.
Books recommended by Dmitry Korkin
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The Computer and the Brain
The Computer and the Brain by John von Neumann is a seminal exploration of the parallels between human neurological systems and early computing machines.
Recommended“this is the book which it's not even a book it's an essay by jonathan neumann called the computer and the brain and that was the thing the book he was writing knowing that he he was dying of cancer”
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is an absolute masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature that weaves together parallel narratives featuring the devil visiting the Soviet Union alongside a philosophical story about Pontius Pilate.
Recommended“it's bulgakov's master and margarita that's probably you know well not for russian maybe it's not super original but it's you know it's it's a really powerful book for for even in english so i write it in english so it is incredibly powerful”
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Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a powerful semi-autobiographical novel set in a Soviet hospital, examining human dignity, mortality, and the oppressive nature of totalitarianism.
Recommended“so so the second one is again another one that uh it happened uh i read it uh later in my life i think uh i read it first time when i was a a a graduate student and that's uh the solzhenitsyn's uh cancer ward that is an amazingly powerful book”
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Lab Girl
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is a celebrated memoir by a geobiologist that chronicles her life in science, her deep fascination with the natural world, and her pioneering research on plants and trees.
Recommended“so and this is i mean the reason i put it sort of in this separate section because this is a book that i reasonably recent uh uh recently listened to so so it's an audio book and this is a book called lab girl by hope jaron”
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November 1916: A Novel
November 1916: A Novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a historical fiction epic that forms part of the author's expansive wheel cycle examining the events leading up to and during the Russian Revolution.
Recommended“him being a part of the of the you know of someone sent to the to gulag camp right and also someone who who experienced cancer in his life you know the the good luck archipelago and this book these are the works that actually made him uh you know receive a nobel prize”
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The Master & Margarita
The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is a celebrated satirical masterpiece that weaves together a Moscow visit by the devil, a novel about Pontius Pilate, and a profound love story.
Recommended“uh it's bulgakov's master and margarita so that's probably you know well not for russian maybe it's not super original but it's you know it's it's a really powerful book for uh even in english so i write it in english”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| #153 – Dmitry Korkin: Evolution of Proteins, Viruses, Life, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2021-01-11 | 8 |