The Cosmos Reader

by Edgar Z. Friedenberg (Editor)

1971 HBJ hardcover. Edgar Z. Friedenberg (Editor), Max Black (Editor), Richard Poirier (Editor), Rene Dubos (Editor), Stanley Kauffmann (Editor). Edgar Z. Friedenberg is the Primary Editor of this reader with more than 100 selections. From the preface, it is clear that "[t]he selections for each of the eleven subject areas were chosen by a contributing editor with special qualifications in that area. Each editor introduces his section with an essay that offers a succinct oreintation to the subject and is a seminal contribution in its own right." - Goodreads

1058 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Cypress Butane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good book to flip through on many various subjects with interesting writing by a bunch of great authors... lives up to its name