The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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JOIN OUR PATREON FOR BoNuS EPISODES and to submit the name of your favorite poem for us to discuss on a very-near-future episode with Chad Daniels! https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile * The Three-Body Problem proves that you can take a mathematical equation and turn it into a thrilling, murder-filled story. Much like another book, And Then There Were None. Join us as we discuss science and whether or not you are smart! Plus, Dave talks more about Lord of the Rings than the actual book and Kel...

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0:00.0	Hey everyone.
0:02.8	The three body problem is the name of a centuries old math puzzle and a brand new Netflix show.
0:08.4	And guess which one has the top search result?
0:10.8	It's always nice to see math get cucked.
0:13.3	Imagine Googling Pythagorean Theorem and seeing six pages of Tumblr dream castings.
0:18.8	It's a great prank on math.
0:23.9	The book is by Leo Tzsichin, who loves math.
0:31.3	And this is The Book File, a podcast about the best of books and the worst of books. If this is your first time to the podcast, welcome, and may we suggest checking on our back catalog of over
0:36.1	173 episodes with just as many books.
0:40.7	Is it just 174?
0:43.5	I think so, yeah.
0:45.1	I'm Kelloggled Erskine.
0:46.4	I'm a comic, a father, a husband, and I had no idea what this book was about before getting into it.
0:53.5	I just assumed it was an essay on why
0:55.6	throuples don't work out. And I'm David Vance. My PR folks are telling me I need to get ahead of a
1:03.7	scandal here. So I deeply regret comments I made that might seem derogatory toward math and its beautiful culture.
1:12.9	No one is less anti-math than me.
1:15.8	Some of my best friends are squares.
1:18.3	And people always say my jokes are derivative.
1:21.9	I request privacy as I take time to learn and move on from this incident.
1:26.1	Okay.
1:27.8	Dave and I are not equal when it comes to bad jokes.
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