Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2024-W07

“He most recently wrote a book, quite prolific, called 'Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will.'”

“He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the author of the blockbuster bestseller The Power of Habit, and he's back now with a new book on the science behind having better conversations.”

“He's an inspiring guy; everyone should read his book, 'Conscience of a Liberal.'”

“Joining us now, he is the former Governor of New Jersey, GOP presidential candidate, and author of a newly released book, which I believe is called "What Would Reagan Do?"”

“Remember back in the mid-60s, early to mid-'60s, the John Birch Society, which was, as you know, greatly racist and anti-Semitic, was a big force in the Republican Party, and Reagan was one of two people who publicly stood up against it: it was Reagan and William Buckley, and I write about that in the book.”

“In fact, it's a chapter in my Death by Black Hole book!”

“Alright, there's a book called Look Up With Me, right? Which is for you're just barely learning how to read.”

“Awesome, and that's called Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry. So there it is, there you go.”

“But, you know, as I write in the book, what they accomplish is something other companies can do. And now there are public face search engines.”

“I quote from 'Robert E. Lee: A Life' here: a trust fund that was to remain securely in Anne's name, free from the claim, demand, hindrance, or molestation of her husband, General Henry Lee, or his creditors.”

“I went to him with American Buffalo, and I was like I was losing my saliva, literally.”

“At some point, the guy said something like, 'You should try reading a math book,' and I can just imagine my dad sort of holding it all in, and then at that point, he just couldn't.”

“Special thanks to Richard Tai and Alisa Pico from the Altech Archives; to Christopher Sykes and the BBC for the audio from their Feynman documentaries; to the Library and University Archives at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for their recording of Feynman's Los Alamos From Below lecture; to The Esalen Institute for audio from Feynman's Tiny Machines talk; and”