"First published in English in 1959 by Wm. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., London, and Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated, New York"--Title page verso

Stuff of the universe -- Within of things -- Earth in its early stages -- Advent of life -- Expansion of life -- Demeter -- Birth of thought -- Deployment of the noosphere -- Modern earth -- Collective issue -- Beyond the collective : the hyper-personal -- Ultimate earth -- Epilogue: Christian phenomenon -- Postcript: Essence of the phenomenon of man