Download or read book Coming of Age in the Milky Way written by Timothy Ferris and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1989 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1988 American Institute of Physics Prize and named one of 1988's best books by the "New York Times Book Review, this brilliant, lively and informative book seeks to comprehend the enormities of cosmic space and time and how this quest has shaped religion, politics and philosophy.