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Every book Guido van Rossum recommended on podcasts

Key facts

  • Guido van Rossum has recommended or discussed 2 books on podcasts, as of November 22, 2018.
  • Guido van Rossum has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of November 22, 2018.
  • Those books came up in 1 episode, as of November 22, 2018.
  • The 2 books Guido van Rossum has mentioned in the most episodes, as of November 22, 2018: Conway's Game of Life and Surfaces and Essences.
  • The latest episode with a book mention from Guido van Rossum aired on November 22, 2018.

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Guest on Lex Fridman Podcast · 2 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books Guido van Rossum recommended or discussed

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  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”
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  2. Surfaces and Essences

    Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander · Discussed · 1 episode

    Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander is a profound exploration of concepts, categorization, and the fundamental cognitive mechanisms of human thought.

    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”
    Where to get it

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”