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The Sun, The Genome, and The Internet Tools of Scientific Revolutions (New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities)

Freeman J. Dyson

In this visionary look into the future, Freeman Dyson argues that technological changes fundamentally alter our ethical and social arrangements and that three rapidly advancing new technologies--solar energy, genetic engineering, and world-wide communication--together have the potential to create a...

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This book was mentioned in the context of a discussion about the internet and what Einstein might have thought of it. The speaker asked Freeman Dyson about Einstein's potential reaction to the internet.

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his most recent book is the Sun, the genome and the internet. And I asked him what he thought Einstein would think of the internet when I think you also just gave me an approach to that question.

— Episode: [Unedited] S. James Gates with Krista Ti...

Episode: [Unedited] S. James Gates with Krista Tippett (On...

This book was mentioned in the context of a discussion about the internet and what Einstein might have thought of it. The speaker asked Freeman Dyson about Einstein's potential reaction to the internet.

"

his most recent book is the Sun, the genome and the internet. And I asked him what he thought Einstein would think of the internet when I think you also just gave me an approach to that question.

Episode: [Unedited] S. James Gates with Krista Tippett (On...

This book was mentioned in the context of discussing what Einstein might have thought about the internet. The speaker mentions asking Dyson his thoughts on the topic.

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his most recent book is the Sun, the genome and the internet. And I asked him what he thought Einstein would think of the internet

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