“Her books include how the universe got its spots and a novel A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines”
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From The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020-07-13
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“and a novel A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, which won the PEN/Bingham Prize.”
“Her last book, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space is the inside story on the discovery of the century”
“Her newest book, Black Hole Survival Guide is scheduled for publication at the end of 2020.”
“One of them, for instance, is Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.”
“Toni Morrison's Beloved was the first one where she prepared me to slow down”
“Don DeLillo's White Noise, which is also not a one of his most famous books, and is hilarious and brilliant and incredible.”
“Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Which I don't think anybody would look at as a science book.”
“His most recent collection is Exhalation, which I thought could not possibly equal his previous collection”
“that Draft No. 4 by John McPhee is definitely worth taking a look at.”
“John McPhee wrote a book called Levels of the Game.”
“Consider the Lobster. Everyone should read that.”
“Sean Carroll has written a wonderful book called from eternity to here which lays these issues out”
“I asked the question in the last 5 years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life? So I'm just going to read this and then we'll we'll dive into it. So these are your words.”