Origin
by Dan Brown · first published 2013
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7HN commenters
2018–2023first – last mentioned
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Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that will change the face of science forever. The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human existence. But Langdon and several hundred other guests are
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If you’re looking for a good fiction read relating to this, I just finished “Origin” by Dan Brown, would recommend.
on “Lab-made primordial soup yields RNA bases” ↗…I could easily increase material complexity after getting through suspense-based books. I could not get into audiobooks (even after years of listening to scientific talk podcasts) until I got hold of Origin by Dan Brown in an Audible trial, and ended up being gripped by the 20 hour book for two weeks straight. It has been 15+ audiobooks from various sources per year for me since then, which has really enriched…
on “Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them” ↗…Road – Nick Bilton. Not a bad rundown on the Silk Road. I came across this book after listening to the Casefile podcast https://casefilepodcast.com/case-76-silk-road-part-1/ which I highly recommend. Origin - Dan Brown. Enjoyed his first couple of books and thought that this might be alright. It was okay.
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗…Phil Knight (Maybe some more biographies) The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Hard thing about hard things Thinking Fast and Slow Origin by Dan Brown
on “Ask HN: What new podcasts and books are you planning to listen or read in 2018?” ↗Some of the books I read Artemis Andy Weir Liked it.. but liked the Martian better Origin Dan Brown If you are into this sort of thing.. I know his writing is not the best but I like the story We were Yahoo! Jeremy Ring About the rise and fall of yahoo.... some interesting stuff 1965: The…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗Also featured in Dan Brown's "Origin" book.
on “There's a supercomputer lodged inside this Barcelona church (2019)” ↗Is this the church-turned-datacenter featured in Dan Brown's Origin?
on “Virtual Visit to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center” ↗