Exhalation is a literary fiction book by author Ted Chiang.
Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human.

Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new puzzles that only he can imagine. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety is the vertigo of freedom,” the ability to glimpse alternate universes requires a whole new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.