Thoughtforms Life
Michael Levin
A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life — and uncover how intelligence and agency emerge from the most fundamental levels of nature.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Thoughtforms Life podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis
Alan Turing
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Cybernetics
Norbert Wiener
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Systems Medicine
Yuri Alon
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
My Life with Asperger's
Robinson
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Where Good Ideas Come From
The Natural History of Innovation
Steven Johnson
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Ethical Know-How
Francisco Varela
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Tinkerer's Apprentice
How an Apprenticeship with Nature Can Change the World
J. Scott Turner
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Brief History of Intelligence
Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
Max Bennett
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The origins of order
Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
Stuart Kauffman
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Cosmic Comics
Italo Calvino
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Matter with Things
Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
Iain Mcgilchrist
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Explanation in Biology
Lauren Ross
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Map Is Not the Territory
Reggie Ray
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Molecules of Emotion
Dr. Candice Pert
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How Life Works
Philip Ball
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
Stephen Jay Gould
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Arrival of the Fittest
How Nature Innovates
Andreas Wagner
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Golden Road
William Dalrymple
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Bill Gates
