After its successful run at LIFE magazine, The World we Live in was released in book form in 1955,[REF] abridged in 1956 for younger readers by Jane Werner Watson,[REF] and re-released in a three-volume "Family Edition" in 1962 [REF].
The original book version of The World We Live In was not entirely complete[REF] Some minor schematic diagrams were cut to better fit the format of the book.