Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2022-W36

“It's the trap that Beth Harmon falls for in the Queen's Gambit during her first game against the janitor. She gets really mad because she gets checkmated very early.”

“The following is a conversation with Nick Lane, a biochemist at University College London, an author of some of my favorite books on biology science and life ever written, including his two most recent, titled "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death" and "The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?"”

“The following is a conversation with Nick Lane, a biochemist at University College London, an author of some of my favorite books on biology science and life ever written, including his two most recent, titled "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death" and "The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?"”

“When I was about 15 or 16, I remember reading a book by Fred Hoyle called 'The Black Cloud.'”

“In your book 'Power, Sex, Suicide.'”

“First, you wrote 'Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World,' as we've talked about the role of oxygen in life on Earth.”

“It’s called 'The Menace of Mechanical Music', which ran in Appleton's magazine in 1906.”

“And since you're in the world, you know, about 25 years ago, I wrote this book on how to make that practical. And I don't know how, but basically, I came up with the idea of the seven spiritual laws of success: the law of pure potentiality, the law of giving and receiving, karma, intention, desire, least effort, and detachment”

“I feel insecure; I’m terrified that this book is coming out. It’s the first time I’ve ever written something so personal in my whole life.”

“Remarkably, the book 'Altered States' describes various meditation practices, some longer than the one I'm recommending like 17 or 30 minutes, with some devotees practicing for as much as 60 minutes a day, though I feel that is quite extensive.”