Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2023-W20

“And just, you know, this dark sky with the bright stars. And I have described this in my book years ago. If the Milky Way is all bright above you, you don't need a moon or anything, you can walk in the starlight and you will find your way.”

“Now let me leave you with some words from Douglas Adams in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy': 'Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose”

“In fact, she is the author of a recent book entitled 'Winter Swimming,' which I must say is a terrific book because it breaks down chapter by chapter the different aspects of deliberate heat and cold into its various constituent parts, including cold acclimation, the cold shock response, the dangers and safety of cold water, the impact of cold, and”

“The first person who figured this out technically was probably Erwin Schrödinger, who wrote a book called 'What is Life?' He described life essentially as a continual attempt to constrain entropy to a certain set of parameters.”

“For those listening or watching, grab Naveen's book, 'Moonshots', if you are interested in setting audacious goals and achieving them.”