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Mentioned in 11 episodes

When We Cease to Understand the World

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Book • 2021

Author

Benjamín Labatut

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Mentioned in 11 episodes

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Coco Krumme as a book that miraculously blends fiction and nonfiction, exploring the origins of ideas.

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Derek Thompson as a book that fills him with curiosity about scientific discovery.

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Hannah Fry as capturing the exhilaration of being at the brink of new knowledge.

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Has a line about writing, that it's less like creating something, more like picking up flowers off the ground.

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Coco Krumme as a blend of fiction and nonfiction about mathematicians and philosophers.

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Recommended by Tina He , reflecting on obsession and its consequences.

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Mentioned by Tim Sullivan as a book that starts straightforward and becomes more fictional.

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Patrick McGee as one of the two best books he has read in the last five years.

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Mentioned by Danny Crichton in relation to the evolution of scientific collaboration from individual efforts to large teams.

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Constance Grady as a book exploring the impact of new scientific ideas and the struggle of scientists.

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