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Every book Peter Woit recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Peter Woit has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of December 3, 2021.
- Peter Woit has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of December 3, 2021.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of December 3, 2021.
- The 3 books Peter Woit has mentioned in the most episodes, as of December 3, 2021: A Grandparent's Gift of Love, Amour et maths and The Second Creation.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Peter Woit aired on December 3, 2021.
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Peter Woit appeared on the Lex Fridman Podcast to discuss his perspectives on physics, theories of everything, and string theory. During the conversation, Woit recommended several notable books related to science and history. He brought up Edward Frenkel's book Love and Math, also referred to as Amour et maths, praising it as a great work and discussing it to illustrate unifying ideas in number theory. In addition to mathematics, Woit recommended The Second Creation by Robert P. Crease and Charles C. Mann. He described it as a very good history of physics detailing the developments of the twentieth century up to the establishment of the standard model in 1973, highlighting it as one of the best books he knows on the subject. His selections reflect a deep interest in both the mathematical underpinnings of modern thought and the historical narratives that shaped contemporary scientific understanding. Listeners tuning in for his expertise on theoretical physics thus received thoughtful reading suggestions spanning popular mathematics and historical accounts of scientific progress, each chosen to illuminate complex concepts and historical contexts for a general audience interested in science.
Books Peter Woit recommended or discussed
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A Grandparent's Gift of Love
Recommended“and there's a book for instance by um edward frankel about love and math and oh yeah that book is great”
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Amour et maths
Recommended“and there's a book for instance by um edward frankel about love and math and oh yeah that book is great”
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The Second Creation
Recommended“there's also a very very good kind of history of of the kind of what happened during this 20th century in physics and you know up to the time of the standard model in 1973 it's called the um the second creation by um pop crease and in man that's one of the best ones i know that's”
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Love and Math
Discussed“and there's a book for instance by um edward frankel about love and math and oh yeah that book is great”
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Books Peter Woit wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2021-12-03 | 4 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“i would argue and like part of the point of the book and its title was that um you know that this this ultimately was it was a failure that you ended up that this idea just didn't”
“and yes the the book title is not even wrong your blog your excellent blog title is not even wrong”