The Cosmos Reader - Hardcover

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