This book by P.G. Downs came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Sara Seager. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System | Lex Fridman Podcast #116
“he said read this book it'll change your life and it actually changed my life and it was a book called sleeping island”— Sara Seager
The guest here is Sara Seager: Planetary scientist and astrophysicist at MIT, a pioneer in the search for exoplanets and their atmospheres. She created the Seager equation and authored the memoir 'The Smallest Lights in the Universe.'. MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager on hunting exoplanets, reading alien atmospheres for life, and finding hope after losing her husband.
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