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Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterChaos by James GleickThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Information by James Gleick
Complexity
163 books — 165 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
272 books — 112 voters

The Origin of Wealth by Eric D. BeinhockerComplexity by Melanie MitchellComplex Adaptive Systems by John H. MillerThe Difference by Scott E. PageThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Understanding Complexity
41 books — 29 voters
Our Mathematical Universe by Max TegmarkLife Revisited by Laurent GrenierEvery Thing Must Go by James LadymanWhat Is Real? by Adam BeckerSomething Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll
Mindscape Podcast Books
104 books — 27 voters

Our Mathematical Universe by Max TegmarkPale Blue Dot by Carl SaganRelativity by Albert EinsteinThe Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Jeffrey Alan BarrettThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman
Max Tegmark's Mathematical Universe
94 books — 22 voters
At Home in the Universe by Stuart A. KauffmanSymbiotic Planet by Lynn MargulisHow the Leopard Changed Its Spots by Brian GoodwinThe Self-Made Tapestry by Philip BallThe Rainbow and the Worm by Mae-Wan Ho
Living Systems Principles/Chaos & Complexity Theories
27 books — 15 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books With Round Characters
39 books — 10 voters
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas TalebComplexity by Melanie MitchellDiversity and Complexity by Scott E. PageComplexity by John H. HollandCould by Tamar Kasriel
Beyond Chaos
24 books — 4 voters

Rusty the Rooster by Mik RevohladDragon Scales and Fireflies by Russell H. Ragsdale
Book of Aliases
2 books — 2 voters
Consilience by Edward O. WilsonCreating Consilience by Edward SlingerlandInfotopia by Cass R. SunsteinRange by David EpsteinThe Romance of Reality by Bobby Azarian
Consilience - Interdisciplinary Knowledge
9 books — 2 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonThe Castle by Franz KafkaThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Comet by W.E.B. Du BoisAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Paradoxes, Improbabilities and Impossibilities in Fiction Part II
100 books — 2 voters
Valis by Philip K. DickThe Book of Strange New Things by Michel FaberNightfall and Other Stories by Isaac AsimovFlatterland by Ian StewartThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Paradoxes, Improbabilities and Impossibilities in Fiction Part IV
83 books — 2 voters

Finite and Infinite Games by James P. CarseThe Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. TainterGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterSynergetics by R. Buckminster FullerCritical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller
Civilization Emerging (Daniel Schmachtenberger's recommended books)
43 books — 1 voter
Theory Building by Robert DubinThe Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl PopperOrder Out of Chaos by Ilya PrigogineFrom the Closed World to the Infinite Universe by Alexandre KoyréThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
Philosophy of Science Fundamentals
5 books — 1 voter

Complexity by M. Mitchell WaldropOmarm de Chaos by Jan RotmansOrder Out of Chaos by Ilya PrigogineComplexiteit en contingentie by Tannelie BlomComplexity by John H. Holland
Complex Adaptive Systems
12 books — 1 voter
The Complex World by David C. KrakauerThe Complex Alternative by David C. KrakauerHistory, Big History, & Metahistory by David C. KrakauerFoundational Papers in Complexity Science by David C. KrakauerFoundational Papers in Complexity Science by David C. Krakauer
Santa Fe Institute Press
7 books — 1 voter

Residues by Barry O'ReillySimulacra and Simulation by Jean BaudrillardOrder Out of Chaos by Ilya PrigogineResilience by David ChandlerMatter and Memory by Henri Bergson
Residuality
19 books — 1 voter
The Paradox Hotel by Rob HartThe Twin Paradox by Charles WachterThe Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model by Charlie Jane AndersAll You Zombies by Robert A. HeinleinThe Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
Paradoxes, Improbabilities and Impossibilities in Fiction
100 books — 1 voter

Magic for Beginners by Kelly LinkTeatro Grottesco by Thomas LigottiSandkings by George R.R. MartinThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft
Paradoxes, Improbabilities and Impossibilities in Fiction Part III
100 books — 1 voter

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