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Every book Edward Frenkel recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Edward Frenkel has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of April 10, 2023.
- Edward Frenkel has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of April 10, 2023.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of April 10, 2023.
- The 3 books Edward Frenkel has mentioned in the most episodes, as of April 10, 2023: 1984, A Void and Ars magna or The rules of algebra.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Edward Frenkel aired on April 10, 2023.
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Edward Frenkel is a mathematician and author who discusses the intersections of mathematics, physics, and philosophy on interview podcasts. During his appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Frenkel referenced several foundational and literary texts to illustrate complex ideas about formal systems, human history, and artistic constraint. He discussed George Orwell's political novel 1984, noting its prescience regarding the manipulation of facts and comparing it to his own experiences in the Soviet Union in 1984. Frenkel also mentioned Georges Perec's novel A Void as a prime literary example of a work created using self-imposed constraints. To explain the historical roots of formal systems and axiomatic reasoning in geometry, he brought up Euclid's ancient and famous treatise Elements. Finally, Frenkel discussed Girolamo Cardano's historical mathematical work Ars Magna, using it to frame an anecdote about the development of early algebra and complex numbers. His literary and historical references demonstrate how narrative and mathematical axioms intersect across human thought.
Books Edward Frenkel recommended or discussed
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1984
Discussed“- To the political complexity of 'two plus two equals five' in George Orwell's '1984.' I was in the Soviet Union in 1984, and in many ways, I see that the novel was prescient.”
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A Void
Discussed“A good example of this is a novel which is called "The Void," or "Disappearance," by a writer named Georges Perec, which is a 300 page novel in French with no,”
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Ars magna or The rules of algebra
Discussed“So, so he wrote a book which is called "Ars Magna", which is like the great art of algebra.”
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Elements
Discussed“An example would be, so that one of the very first formal systems was the system, was Euclidean geometry developed by Euclid in his famous book "Elements", about 2200 years ago.”
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Books Edward Frenkel wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2023-04-10 | 4 |
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“So his name was Evgeny Evgenievich Petrov. And if this doesn't remind you of the great works of Russian literature, then you haven't read them, like "War and Peace", you know, like with the patronymic names.”
“- So the book is called "Love and Math." Okay?”
“When I wrote "Love and Math", when I wrote my book,”
“So where all this fruit grows, you know, and then we might make sure. It gives you this sort of romantic sense of an explorer. And someone may be stuck in a, you know, some provincial town in Russia, for instance, but have the sense of Magellan, you know, of traveling around the world. It's just not in the world”
“I describe in my book how it happened.”
“I describe it in "Love and Math" in my book.”
“And one of the reasons why I wrote "Love and Math"”
“In my book, one of the first chapters is a chapter about this experience.”