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Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps

By Alex in Book & Lit on Jul 27, 2007 at 1:27 am


Here’s a fantastic set of scans from Kees Boeke’s 1957 book Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps. We have Mitchell Charity to thank for having this copy of a fantastic book online:

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.

Link | Start the "jumps" here.


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  1. OS Perry
    Jul 27th, 2007 at 11:48 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkAs14B2OE

    Pretty much the same thing, but in video form... and a better version, IMO.

  2. Alex
    Jul 28th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    Actually, I think the 1957 Cosmic View book actually started the whole thing.

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