Bio, Physics, Math, Econ, Psychology ඉගෙනගන්න ආස ළමයින්ට ජනප්රිය විද්යා පොත් - Dr. M.C.M. Iqbal
Description
In this Science Talks episode, I invited my dad to discuss some of the Popular Science books he has read. My dad is Dr. M.C.M. Iqbal and he is a retired scientist from the National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy. List of books can be found here:
ජනප්රිය විද්යා පොත්
Books and authors mentioned:
1. Isaac Asimov
2. Bill Bryson
a. A brief history of nearly everything
b. The body
3. Siddhartha Mukherjee
a. The emperor of all maledies
b. The gene
c. The song of the cell
4. David Deutsch – The beginning of infinity
5. Steven Strogatz
a. Infinite Powers
b. The joy of finding “x”
6. Manjit Kumar – Quantum
7. Sean Carroll – The particle at the end of the universe
8. Richard Thaler - Nudge
9. Renee Engeln – Beauty Sick
Time stamps
00:00 About Podcast
02:19 Why should we read these books?
04:32 How my dad got interested
05:38 Isaac Asimov
08:09 Bill Bryson
11:19 Siddhartha Mukherjee
19:33 Use metaphors to simply things
23:30 Philosophy is essential to know Science
26:00 David Deutsch
27:07 Steven Strogatz
29:40 Alex Bellos
32:03 Manjit Kumar
37:54 Sean Carroll
38:50 Check for podcasts and lectures online
39:18 Richard Thaler
42:06 Renee Engeln