Every book Roger Penrose recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Roger Penrose

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.

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   A Brief History of Time

   Stephen Hawking · Discussed · 1 episode

   A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking is a popular science book that explores cosmology, black holes, and the origins of the universe for a general audience.

   Discussed

   “it was roughly the same time Stephen Hawking this writing his brief history of time and Hades at some point the book you're talking about the emperor's new mind”

   Lex Fridman Podcast #85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Univers… 2020-03-31 Listen at 41:44

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible
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   Gödel, Escher, Bach

   Douglas R. Hofstadter · Discussed · 1 episode

   Gödel, Escher, Bach is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas R.

   Discussed

   “I'm gonna have this curious conversation with with I'm going to forget names and I'm afraid because this is what happens to me in the wrong moment I've said I'd Douglas have said this after and he's written this book God I wish I liked I thought it was a fantastic book But I didn't agree with his conclusion from”

   Lex Fridman Podcast #85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Univers… 2020-03-31 Listen at 7:07

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible

Books Roger Penrose wrote

• The Emperor's New Mind
• The Road to Reality
• Cycles of Time

Appearances