The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men

BOOK REVIEWThe Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural Historyby Paolo Zellini 2020 About the AuthorPaolo Zellini is a professor of mathematics at the University of Rome, where his research focuses on numerical analysis and the evolution of mathematical thought. He is the author of the international bestseller A Brief History … Continue reading The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men

Conscious

BOOK REVIEWConscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mindby Annaka Harris 2019 About the AuthorAnnaka Harris is the author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. She is an editor and consultant for science writers, specializing in neuroscience and physics, whose work has appeared in the New … Continue reading Conscious

Metaphysical Experiments

BOOK REVIEWMetaphysical Experiments: Physics and the Invention of the Universeby Bjørn Ekeberg 2019 About the AuthorBjørn Ekeberg has a PhD from University of Victoria, Canada, and is an independent researcher and writer living in Oslo, Norway. About the Book"In this provocative and sharply written account, Bjørn Ekeberg makes a radical case for the social construction … Continue reading Metaphysical Experiments

The Hidden Spring

BOOK REVIEWThe Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousnessby Mark Solms 2020 About the AuthorMark Solms discovered the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming. He is director of neuropsychology of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where he lives. He is also honorary lecturer in neurosurgery at the Royal London … Continue reading The Hidden Spring

The Case Against Reality

BOOK REVIEWThe Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyesby Donald D. H0ffman 2020 About the AuthorDonald D. H0ffman is acognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department … Continue reading The Case Against Reality

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

BOOK REVIEWThe Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motionby Sean Carroll 2022 About the AuthorSean Carroll is Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, and Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. He is host of the Mindscape podcast, and author of From Eternity to Here, The Particle at the End … Continue reading The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

A Skeptic’s Faith

BOOK REVIEWA Skeptic's Faith: Why Scientific Materialism Cannot Be the Whole Truthby Charles Siegel 2023 About the AuthorCharles Siegel is the author of 20 books on a variety of subjects. His reconstructions of ancient texts include The Original Book of Eccliastes, Aelschylus' Promotheus Trilogy, Aristocles of Messene's On Philosophy, and a series of three volumes … Continue reading A Skeptic’s Faith