#378 – Anna Frebel

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #378:

  1. Searching for the Oldest Stars: Ancient Relics from the Early Universe by Anna Frebel

Anna Frebel is a German astronomer working on discovering the oldest stars in the universe. Wikipedia


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#377 – Harvey Silverglate

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #377:

  1. The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America’s Campuses by Alan Charles Kors, Harvey A Silverglate
  2. Free Speech for Me–But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other by Nat Hentoff
  3. Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
  4. Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law by Alan Dershowitz
  5. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent by Harvey Silverglate

Harvey Allen Silverglate is an attorney, journalist, writer, and co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Wikipedia


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#376 – Stephen Wolfram

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #376:

  1. A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram
  2. A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics by Stephen Wolfram

Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #89, #124, #234


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#375 – David Pakman

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #375:

  1. The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime by Bradley Hope
  2. The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense) by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  3. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
  4. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell
  5. Endurance by Alfred Lansing
  6. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  7. 1984 by George Orwell
  8. Animal Farm by George Orwell

David Pakman is an American progressive talk show host and political commentator. He is the host of the YouTube and Twitch talk radio program The David Pakman Show. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Wikipedia


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#374 – Robert Playter

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #374:

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Robert Playter is CEO of Boston Dynamics.


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#373 – Manolis Kellis

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #373:

  1. Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

Manolis Kellis is a professor of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the area of Computational Biology and a member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #113, #123, #133, #142


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#372 – Simone Giertz

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #372:

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Simone Luna Louise Söderlund Giertz is a Swedish inventor, maker, robotics enthusiast, TV host, and professional YouTuber. She has also previously worked in mixed martial arts sports journalism and was an editor for Sweden’s official website Sweden.se. Wikipedia


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#371 – Max Tegmark

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #371:

  1. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
  2. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Max Erik Tegmark is a Swedish-American physicist, cosmologist and machine learning researcher. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the president of the Future of Life Institute. Wikipedia

**Other appearances:** #1, #155


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#370 – Edward Frenkel

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #370:

  1. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality by Edward Frenkel
  2. Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by Max Tegmark
  3. Ars Magna or the Rules of Algebra by Girolamo Cardano
  4. The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music by Friedrich Nietzsche
  5. Euclid’s Elements by Euclid
  6. Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
  7. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

Edward Vladimirovich Frenkel is a Russian-American mathematician working in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. Wikipedia


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#369 – Paul Rosolie

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #369:

  1. Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon by Paul Rosolie

Paul Rosolie is an American conservationist and author. His 2014 memoir, Mother of God, detailed his work in the Amazon rainforest in southeastern Peru. He was also the host of the Discovery Channel’s 2014 nature documentary special, Eaten Alive. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #429


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