Cosmic View: The Universe in Forty Jumps by Kees Boeke
John Day Co | June 1957 | English | ISBN: 0381980162 | 48 pages | PDF | 3 MB
John Day Co | June 1957 | English | ISBN: 0381980162 | 48 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Kees Boeke's Cosmic View is a classic on learning about the scale of things. It is similar to the Morrison's Powers of Ten, but aimed at a younger audience. Its legacy includes Charles Eames's film Powers of Ten, the resulting book by Philip and Phylis Morrison, and several similar books which followed. Unfortunately, the problems Kees hoped to address, including peoples' understanding being fragmented by scale, remain as pressing today as they were in 1957. I place it online in the hope of encouraging awareness and activity in this area. Comments welcome - Mitchell Charity.