What are the very best science books if I want to understand consciousness, the nature of the universe, and paradoxes? Essentially, the limits of our understanding?
The Emperor's
New Mind by Roger Penrose is a good start.
>>8187261
that book is pretty dated.
>>8187247
The Outer Limits of Reason
>>8187247
Gödel, Escher Bach by Hofstadter
and
The Road to Reality by Penrose