Koji Suzuki - Edge

Hawking, Stephen. The Universe in a Nutshell. Bantam

Ida, Shigeru. Wakuseigaku ga Toita Uchu no Nazo. (Mysteries of the Universe and the Study of Planets). Yosensha

Ikeuchi, Satoru. Butsurigaku to Kami. (Physics and God). Shūeisha Shinsho

Jacquard, Albert, and Huguette Planès. Petite philosophie à l’usage des non-philosophes. Calmann-Lévy

Josephson, Brian D. (trans. Kenichiro Mogi and Kaoru Takeuchi). Kagaku wa Shinrei Gensho wo ikani Toraeruka (The Paranormal and the Platonic Worlds). Tokuma Shoten

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History, comps. and eds. Atarashii Chikyushi (A New History of the Earth). Yurindo

Kauffman, Stuart. The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution. Oxford University Press

Klein, Richard G., and Edgar Blake. The Dawn of Human Culture: A Bold New Theory on What Sparked the “Big Bang” of Human Consciousness. Wiley

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Kuramoto, Yoshiki. Hisenkei Kagaku. (Nonlinear Science). Shūeisha Shinsho

Laszlo, Ervin. The Whispering Pond: A Personal Guide to the Emerging Vision of Science. Element Books Ltd.

Lovelock, James. The Revenge of Gaia: Earth’s Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity. Basic Books

Magueijo, João. Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation. Perseus

Maruyama, Shigenori and Yukio Isozaki. Seimei to Chikyu no Rekishi (Life and the Planet Earth: A History). Iwanami Shinsho

Matsuda, Tokihiko. Katsudanso. (Fault Lines). Iwanami Shinsho

Nakata, Tsutomu. No no Naka no Suibunshi. (The Brain: Water Molecules). Kinokuniya Shoten

Posamentier, Alfred S., and Ingmar Lehmann. Pi: A Biography of the World’s Most Mysterious Number. Prometheus Books

Randall, Lisa. Warped Passages: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions. Ecco

Rikitake, Tsuneji. Nihon Retto no Kagaku. (The Science of the Japanese Archipelago). Tokai Kagaku Sensho

Sabbagh, Karl. The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics. Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Sakurai, Yoshio. Nyuron kara Kokoro wo Saguru. (Exploring the Mind through Neurons). Iwanami Shoten

Sato, Katsuhiko. Ryoshiron wo Tanoshimu Hon. (A Beginner’s Guide to Quantum Theory). PHP Bunko

Sato, Katsuhiko. Sotaiseiriron wo Tanoshimu Hon. (A Beginner’s Guide to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity). PHP Bunko

Schrödinger, Erwin. What Is Life?: With “Mind and Matter” and “Autobiographical Sketches.” Cambridge University Press

Seife, Charles. Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes. Viking Adult

Seife, Charles. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. Viking Adult

Singh, Simon. Fermat’s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem. Anchor

Singh, Simon. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. Anchor

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Smolin, Lee. Three Roads to Quantum Gravity. Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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Tachibana, Takashi. Uchu wo Kataru I, II. (On the Universe). Chuko Bunko

Taira, Asahiko. Nihon Retto no Tanjo. (The Creation of the Japanese Archipelago). Iwanami Shinsho

Takahashi, Shoichiro. Gederu no Tetsugaku. (The Philosophy of Gödel). Kodansha Gendai Shinsho

Takeuchi, Kaoru. Sekai ga Kawaru Gendai Butsurigaku. (How Modern Physics is Changing our World). Chikuma Shinsho

Tanba, Toshio. Sugaku wa Sekai wo Kaimei Dekiru ka? (Can Numbers Elucidate our World?) Chuko Shinsho

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Yamada, Katsuya. Kakuheiki no Shikumi. (Understanding Nuclear Weapons). Kodansha Gendai Shinsho

I am deeply grateful to Kaoru Takeuchi for our discussions, which I found stimulating in writing this book.

Koji Suzuki was born in 1957 in Hamamatsu, southwest of Tokyo. He attended Keio University, where he majored in French. After graduating he held numerous odd jobs including a stint as a tutor. The father of two daughters, he is a respected authority on childrearing and has written numerous works on the subject, an expertise he acquired while still a struggling writer and househusband. Edge is Suzuki’s eighth work to appear in English. He is based in Tokyo but loves to travel, often in the United States.