The Universe and Eye: Reflections on New Science

by Timothy Ferris, Ingram Pinn (Illustrator), John Gribbin (Foreword)

The author of the bestselling Coming of Age in the Milky Way turns his talents to demystifying such topics as the Big Bang, time travel, and virtual reality, along with other aspects of the new science. Whimsical drawings by leading British illustrator Ingram Pinn accompany the book's 60 essays.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Timothy Ferris is the author of a dozen books (most recently The Science of Liberty), plus 200 articles and essays, and three documentary films—"The Creation of the Universe," “Life Beyond Earth,” and “Seeing in the Dark”—seen by over 20 million viewers.

Ferris produced the Voyager phonograph record, an artifact of human civilization containing music and sounds of Earth launched aboard the twin Voyager interstellar spacecraft.

Called “the best popular science writer in the English language” by The Christian Science Monitor and “the best science writer of his generation” by The Washington Post, Ferris has received the American Institute of Physics prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Professor Ferris has taught in five disciplines at four universities. He is currently an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have no idea how I obtained this weird little book. It's just a bunch of one page thoughts or factoids about mathematics and science, each with their own illustration. Some are interesting and profound, others I'm not even sure are true or up to date in the world of scientific hypothesis. The illustrations aren't all that great. Some of it is kind of wonderous and inspiring, though; I think it would make a nice small coffee table book, or perhaps something you would give teen or pre-teen who was sort of interested in math or science, just to peak their curiosity. There's one page that's really great, though, about math as a language. Actually, the book might be worth looking at just to read that one page. I think that's why I've kept it all this time. Occsionally when I'm feeling discouraged about math I reread it and am inspired again.

[Hayley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the illustrations in this book!