# Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science **Entity class:** Interdisciplinary research center **Institution:** Arizona State University ## Definition The **Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science** studies foundational questions spanning cosmology, astrobiology, complexity, time, multiple universes, the origin of life, and humanity’s long-term future. Its public mission explicitly joins scientific research to philosophical consequences and public culture. ## Relationships - **director:** [[wiki/Paul Davies|Paul Davies]]. - **method:** [[wiki/Interdisciplinarity|Interdisciplinarity]], foundational science, and “big questions.” - **ICE route:** Davies served on the steering board of [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|Dartmouth ICE]]. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Beyond Center — home and mission](https://beyond.asu.edu/) - [Beyond Center — contact and institutional name](https://beyond.asu.edu/contact-us)