Question the Given

AUTHOR

Tansel writes nonfiction that explores the structures shaping human life, including relation, meaning, physiology, psychology, and human performance. He is currently working on The Forty Leaves, his first novel. This site brings together his essays, selected scientific papers, and ongoing writing.

Curious. Rigorous. Human.

A traditional Japanese painting of a pine tree with a twisting trunk, dark green foliage, and a cloud at its base.
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Questions on Being Human

Essays and fiction exploring the human condition through science, meaning, performance, and connection.

Debut Novel

The Forty Leaves

An intellectual thriller with the emotional afterlife of a parable.
Begins with an ancient manuscript.
Ends with the unsettling recognition that no life is lived alone.

You’ll

feel

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word.