num_pages: 272
description: Percy's second work of non-fiction is provocative, funny, infuriating and engaging, answering such questions as, why is it possible to learn more in ten minutes about the Crab Nebula, which is 6,000 light years away, than you presently know about yourself?
language: English
title: Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
titlecomplete: Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
genres: Religion, Catholic, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Science, Humor, Literature, Self Help, Theology
ratings_count: 2621
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Current Interest
publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux