The Book Prize Index

Coming of Age in the Milky Way

Timothy Ferris

Traces the evolution of humanity's need to understand space and time from late-prehistoric musings to the "supersymmetry" theories of space-time advanced as the second millennium comes to a close.

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Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionMajor1989FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 42%.