Book · recommended on 2 episodes
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN 9781471853647
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Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN 9781471853647
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This book by Kazuo Ishiguro has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Janna Levin. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-07-13 and the most recent from 2025-05-05. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Ishiguro explores what it means to have a soul and how art distinguishes man from other life forms. But above all, Never Let Me Go is a study of friendship and the bonds we form which make or break while we come of age.
“his book Never Let Me Go, it's unbelievable, totally devastating, stunning. I see. I really love literature”— Janna Levin
The guest here is Janna Levin: A theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in black holes, extra dimensions, the topology of the universe, and gravitational waves. She is chief science officer of Pioneer Works in Brooklyn and author of books including 'Black Hole Blues' and 'A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.'. Theoretical physicist Janna Levin explains black holes, the information paradox, wormholes, extra dimensions, gravitational waves, and the human stories behind the science.
“One of them, for instance, is Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. it's one of his least popular books, and it's spectacular”— Janna Levin
The guest here is Janna Levin: Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University and director of sciences at Pioneer Works. She studies black holes, extra dimensions, and gravitational waves, and is an award-winning author of books including Black Hole Blues and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines. Physicist Janna Levin on the finite universe, extra dimensions, time travel, and reframing life's obstacles as the path itself.
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