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Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124

Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124

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Leon: The Professional

Luc Besson (inferred)

“one of my favorite movies”
“one of my favorite movies is Leon or the professional with Jean Reno Gary Oldman and the brilliant young Natalie Portman”— Lex Fridman

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

A New Kind of Science

Stephen Wolfram

“I mean when I look at a new kind of science you're now living inside history so you can't tell the story of these decades”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guestISBN verified

A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics

Stephen Wolfram

“the author of several books including a new kind of Science and the new book a project to find the fundamental Theory of physics”— Lex Fridman
ProductBy the guest

Mathematica

Wolfram Research

“the founder and CEO of Wolfram research a company behind Mathematica wol from alpha Wolfram language”— Lex Fridman
ProductBy the guest

Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram Research

“hold on one second I'm going to use my handy wol from alfha sunburn computation thing so long as I can get network here”— Stephen Wolfram
ProductBy the guest

Wolfram Language

Wolfram Research

“the units I'm using are wol from language instructions per second okay because you got to have some you know”— Stephen Wolfram

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferencedISBN verified

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

Sabine Hossenfelder

“there's uh Sabine Hassen Felder she wrote this book that I need to read but Beauty leads us astray in physics is a subtitle”— Lex Fridman
BookReferencedISBN verified

The Innovators

Walter Isaacson (inferred)

“the biographer of Steve Jobs of Albert Einstein he also wrote a book I think it's called an evaders where he discusses”— Stephen Wolfram
BookReferencedISBN verified

Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)

Isaac Newton

“title of Newton's book you know Pria Mathematica mathematical principles of natural philosophy we can use mathematics to understand natural philosophy”— Stephen Wolfram