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Every book Scott Aaronson recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Scott Aaronson
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a classic American novel depicting a young boy's journey down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave, confronting society and morality.
Recommended“What I still, you know, regard as like, you know, the, the, the, the, the best novel or my, my, my real favorite is, is, is, is, is Huckleberry Finn, right? Which I think is just probing, you know, the nature of morality more deeply than, than almost maybe anything else I've read.”
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The Mind-Body Problem
Recommended“A novel that had a really big impact on me was, uh, was called The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein. Um, it's, it's just a, it's a novel about, uh, like, a, a, a woman who marries a mathematician.”
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Alan Turing: The Enigma
Discussed“I was also very, very affected as a kid by reading biographies of scientists, uh, especially, uh, Alan Turing, the Enigma by Andrew Hodges. Uh, uh, uh, the man who knew infinity, which is a biography of, of, uh, Ramanujan.”
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
Discussed“The man who knew infinity, which is a biography of, of, uh, Ramanujan. Um, and then, uh, I read, uh, uh, biographies of Feynman and of course his, his, his autobiographies. Um, and because I felt like this is the world that I am trying to enter, right?”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Scott Aaronson: The Mathocalypse, Will Intelligence Matter Anymore? | The Peterman Pod | 2026-10-12 | 4 |