There is a widespread assumption that the universe in general, and life in particular, is 'getting more complex with time'. This book brings together a wide ran

Written by a wide range of experts, this work presents cosmological, biological and philosophical perspectives on complexity in our universe.

In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time -- and shapes the desti

In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances an

Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about