Silverberg, Robert

Reconstructs from ancient sources the Seven Wonders of the ancient World: the Great Pyramid of Egypt; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis of Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Describes how scientists pieced together information from fossil remains of mammoths and mastodons to trace the evolutionary processes of prehistoric man and animal.

Examines the life of prehistoric man in Europe as learned through archeological finds at such sites as the caves of central France, the seashores of Denmark, the lake shores of Switzerland, and England's Stonehenge.

Traces the progression of man's knowledge of the stars and solar system and examines in detail the work of four men who changed man's view of the universe: Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, and Galileo.