Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Timothy Ferris
On the planet Tigris, prepubescent children have strange telekinetic powers.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN-13
- 9780688058890
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- History of astronomyCosmologyScientific discovery
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1989)
Other awarded books from Timothy Ferris
- Galaxies
- Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space, and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril
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