Guest on Dwarkesh Podcast
4 books recommended · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“He writes this wonderful book, The Origin of Species. It's just so much evidence and so many examples, trying to tease this out and see what the implications are…”
Why: It contains a wealth of evidence and examples teasing out the implications of natural selection.
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Guest on Dwarkesh PodcastMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses
“I think it was Knuth in the preface to The Art of Computer Programming who says something like it. He started this book back in the sixties.”
The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth
Guest on Dwarkesh PodcastMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses
“This is what was a shocking part of reading this story from the biography of Einstein that you recommended by... what was his first name? Abraham Pais. Abraham Pais. Subtle is the Lord.”
Why: It contains a shocking and revealing story about the history of Einstein and his relationship with earlier experiments.
Subtle Is the Lord by Abraham Pais
Guest on Dwarkesh PodcastMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses
“Also from Imre Lakatos, The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes.”
The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes by Imre Lakatos
Guest on Dwarkesh PodcastMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses