The following is an excerpt from the book Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
by Neil Theise.

The following is an excerpt from the book Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness by Nicholas Humphrey.

The following is an excerpt from the book Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life by Saleem Ali..

The following is an excerpt from The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion by Sean Carroll.

The following is an excerpt from The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math by Manil Suri.

The following is an excerpt from Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions by Sabine Hossenfelder.

Celebrated physicist and global bestselling author Paul Davies tells the story of the universe in thirty cosmological conundrums.

Anil Seth’s quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to twenty-first-century science.

In Hostage Chess captured men are freed by captive-for-captive exchanges, then parachuting back into the fight.

One of the most influential physicists of our time, Stephen Hawking changed our understanding of the cosmos. Recalling his nearly two decades as Hawking’s collaborator and friend, Leonard Mlodinow brings this complex man into focus in an inspiring and deeply intimate portrayal.

When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth. Since then, physicists have been placing new forces into ever-grander theories. But perhaps the ultimate challenge is achieving a monumental synthesis of the two remaining theories—relativity and the quantum theory.

If it turns out that no one is ever free and morally responsible, what would that mean for society, morality, meaning, and the law?