Andrej Karpathy
AI researcher; founder of Eureka Labs, previously director of AI at Tesla and a founding member of OpenAI.
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Recommended reading: "Poison like no other" (on plastics), "In Defense of Food"
on karpathy.bearblog.dev · 18 Dec 2025
Poison Like No Other by Matt Simon
Recommended reading: "Poison like no other" (on plastics), "In Defense of Food"
on karpathy.bearblog.dev · 18 Dec 2025
Poison Squad by Deborah Blum
(on food vs. "edible food-like substances"), "Poison Squad"
on karpathy.bearblog.dev · 18 Dec 2025
Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism
undergoing some of these experiments was incredibly fun and a great excuse to study a number of textbooks on biochemistry (I liked "Molecular Biology of the Cell"), biology (I liked Campbell's Biology), human nutrition (I liked "Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism"), etc.
on karpathy.github.io · 11 Jun 2020
Campbell's Biology by Neil A. Campbell
undergoing some of these experiments was incredibly fun and a great excuse to study a number of textbooks on biochemistry (I liked "Molecular Biology of the Cell"), biology (I liked Campbell's Biology), human nutrition (I liked "Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism"), etc.
on karpathy.github.io · 11 Jun 2020
Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts et al.
undergoing some of these experiments was incredibly fun and a great excuse to study a number of textbooks on biochemistry (I liked "Molecular Biology of the Cell"), biology (I liked Campbell's Biology), human nutrition (I liked "Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism"), etc.
on karpathy.github.io · 11 Jun 2020
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