Microcosm may refer to:
- Microcosm, how a large world/society can be illustrated in the form of a small world (as opposed to a macrocosm)
- Macrocosm and microcosm, a philosophical idea
- Microcosm (CERN), a museum near Geneva, Switzerland
- Microcosm (video game), a 1993 shoot 'em up by Psygnosis
- Microcosm Ltd, a UK software protection company
- Microcosm (clock), a unique clock made by Henry Bridges of Waltham Abbey, England
- Microcosm Publishing, an independent publisher and distributor based in Portland, Oregon and Bloomington, Indiana
- Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, a 2002 book by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse
- Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life, a 2008 book by Carl Zimmer
- Microcosm: Model / experimental ecosystem
- The Microcosm, a microscope shop on Regent Street, London run by Carpenter and Westley
- Microcosm, Inc, aerospace company in el segundo, California
- Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City - a book by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse.
Famous quotes containing the word microcosm:
“This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me.”
—John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
“A genuine Left doesn’t consider anyone’s suffering irrelevant or titillating; nor does it function as a microcosm of capitalist economy, with men competing for power and status at the top, and women doing all the work at the bottom.... Goodbye to all that.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)