The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos edited by David Levy, Macmillan,
£20, ISBN 0333782933
Previous generations of scientists would have killed to know what we know.
For the first time in history, we have a pretty good idea of the material
content of the Universe, our position within it and how the whole thing came
into being.
In these times of exploding knowledge there is a definite need to take stock
and assemble what we know in a palatable form. Scientific American has
attempted to cater for this need by bringing together essays that have appeared
in the magazine.…
