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Every book Guido van Rossum recommended on podcasts

2 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Guido van Rossum

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

  1. Conway's Game of Life

    Nathaniel Johnston; Dave Greene · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “actually someone pointed out to me that there was this thing called Conway's Game of Life you're probably familiar with it”
    Lex Fridman Podcast Guido van Rossum: Python 2018-11-22 Listen at 12:39
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. Surfaces and Essences

    Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander · Discussed · 1 episode

    Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander explores the fundamental role of analogy and conceptual categorization in human thought, language, and cognition.

    Discussed
    “I think the most the most influential thing that I read in my early 20s was girlish ABBA that was about consciousness and that was a big eye-opener in in some sense”
    Lex Fridman Podcast Guido van Rossum: Python 2018-11-22 Listen at 20:06
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Guido van Rossum: PythonLex Fridman Podcast2018-11-222
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing Study Guide
“If you think a bit more about it, or you just read in your book about the history of math, one of the first algorithms ever written down notes that all you have to do is check if it’s divisible by any of the previous prime numbers that are smaller than the square root. Before you get to a better”
Lex Fridman Podcast #341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming 2022-11-26 Listen at 59:40