Kees Boeke Cosmic View The Universe In 40 Jumps

Cosmic view the universe in 40 jumps 1957 boeke was an amazing man a quaker and a pacifist married to a cadbury heiress an educationalist anti capitalist film maker and artist.

Kees boeke cosmic view the universe in 40 jumps. The author shows us a series of pictures of a little girl as seen from different distances. The book begins with a photograph of a dutch girl sitting outside a school and holding a cat. Kees boeke s 1957 cosmic view.

We see her also as it were from within showing the parts she is made of. Fifth grade thru all upper grades isbn. Each picture is a factor of 10 scale difference from the last.

Out of print loc. From the large scale structure of the universe down to atomic nuclei. Price new from used from hardcover please retry 299 00.

See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. John day company incorporated publ. The answers that kees boeke gives are only the beginning of the story but that beginning is straightforward and clear.

The universe in 40 jumps hardcover january 1 1957 by kees boeke author 5 0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings. The text backs up from the original photo with graphics that include more and more of. The universe in 40 jumps is a 1957 book by dutch educator kees boeke that combines writing and graphics to explore many levels of size and structure from the astronomically vast to the atomically tiny.