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At Large and at Small
Anne Fadiman
“which I just loved these little essays”
“after reading a a a small set of essays by an fatan um called at large and at small which I just loved these little essays”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The Triple Helix
Richard Lewontin
“the things I would recommend are the triple helix”
“the things I would recommend are the triple helix um by uh Richard lanon it's a little book published um in 2000 which is um I think a really good introduction to complexity”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Biology as Ideology
Richard Lewontin
“I've loved it”
“He has another book too which is it's more I think scientists would find it I don't know I've loved it it's called biology as ideology”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Naming the Mind
Kurt Danziger
“there's a wonderful book”
“there's a wonderful book A little it's a fairly small book called naming the Mind by Kurt danziger who's a historian of psychology everybody in my lab reads both of these books”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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On Writing
Stephen King
“Stephen King has a great book”
“Stephen King has a great book writing on writing and um you know where he gives tips um interlaced with his own personal history”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The Beak of the Finch
Jonathan Weiner
“if I were to pick one book that I think is a really good example of good science writing it would be the beak of the finch”
“if I were to pick one book that I think is a really good example of good science writing it would be the beak of the finch which is one of it won a pullit Sur prise”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The Evolution of Beauty
Richard Prum (inferred)
“which is also a great book”
“there's also the evolution of beauty which is yeah which is also a great book”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson
“some of my favorite uh love stories are major pedigree Last Stand”
“some of my favorite uh love stories are major pedigree Last Stand by Helen Simonson it's a love story about people who you wouldn't expect to fall in love”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin (inferred)
“another book like that”
“another book like that is um the storyed life of AJ FY um which is also a love story but in this case it's a love story between a little girl and her adopted dad”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett
“her new book called 7 and a half lessons about the brain is out now as of a couple of days ago so you should definitely support Lisa by buying it”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett
“you also have the author of another book is we talked about how emotions are made so it's interesting to talk about the process of writing”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand (inferred)
“he made an analogy between me and uh character in The Fountain Head um the woman who's who's raped in the Fountain Head”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sacha Baron Cohen (inferred)
“I just watched Borat the new Borat movie and the thing that I came away with but you know the thing I came away with was look at how like generous people were”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Cast Away
Robert Zemeckis (inferred)
“I'm thinking now of um Tom Hanks um and um the movie um cway yeah you know with Wilson yeah”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Doctor Zhivago
David Lean (inferred)
“but you know like Dr shivago like or The English Patient oh my goodness like why oh it's just yeah”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The English Patient
Anthony Minghella (inferred)
“but you know like Dr shivago like or The English Patient oh my goodness like why oh it's just yeah”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu
“let me leave you some words from sunzoo and the Art of War there are not more than five musical notes yet the combination of these five give rise to more Melodies”— Lex Fridman
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