thebevinsclan's review against another edition
3.0
There were some really great facts in this book. For my personal taste, it dragged on a bit. When I see titles like this one I anticipate a list, which is somewhat what the author did, but he just went into SO much detail. I would have preferred the list and maybe a paragraph under each fact. It was almost boring and just waiting to get through it by the end because there was so much detail. There were some really neat photographs throughout the book.
flybyreader's review against another edition
4.0
I consider myself a space junkie: in the sense that I am a space-lover, astronomy and astrophysics enthusiast ( I do not get that high to be able to reach stars neither physically nor mentally). I absolutely love learning about space and the universe and this compact little curiousity book has satisfied my mind and soul. Expectations met, I have learnt some very interesting facts and finished the book with a content sigh. The only downside was that each topic was a little unrelated from the previous one and I could not really adapt to the wide spectrum of subjects explained only for a couple of pages (e.g: astronauts’ feet features followed by silent space followed by star colors followed by metal that sticks in space, then days getting longer, neptune’s winds etc.).
(Received an early readers’ copy in exchange for an honest review)
(Received an early readers’ copy in exchange for an honest review)
avalinahsbooks's review
4.0
How I read this: Free ebook copy received through NetGalley
Stunning images and bite size information make this book the perfect coffee table read for a scientifically minded person. I feel like it should also be good to get kids and teens more interested in space stuff - the curious facts and beautiful photos would be attractive to a younger reader (at least I wish I had a book like that lying around when I was younger!)
The facts are really interesting and there is quite a lot of info about each one (about a page of text, sometimes more). Some of them are more widely known (such as about the astronauts' footprints staying on the moon for thousands of years and why that happens), but others are quite new and wild (such as how Neptune may have seas of liquid diamond floating around or the volcanoes on Mars and how huge they are). Some facts will make you think, even philosophize (black holes are not... holes. Light particles take years and years and years to get out of the sun, and why this happens.) Some facts are something you may have been wondering about for a while now (like why does the moon seem so huge only when it's coming up in the night sky, but then seems to shrink to its normal size when it's in its normal spot?) And some facts are about how things are constantly misrepresented in movies (steaming hot meteorites and astronauts dying instantly when exposed to the space void.) All of this info was incredibly interesting, plus photos of the night sky, Hubble star snapshots or pictures from astronaut travels were a wonderful addition to the info.
I can definitely recommend this book!
I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.
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Stunning images and bite size information make this book the perfect coffee table read for a scientifically minded person. I feel like it should also be good to get kids and teens more interested in space stuff - the curious facts and beautiful photos would be attractive to a younger reader (at least I wish I had a book like that lying around when I was younger!)
The facts are really interesting and there is quite a lot of info about each one (about a page of text, sometimes more). Some of them are more widely known (such as about the astronauts' footprints staying on the moon for thousands of years and why that happens), but others are quite new and wild (such as how Neptune may have seas of liquid diamond floating around or the volcanoes on Mars and how huge they are). Some facts will make you think, even philosophize (black holes are not... holes. Light particles take years and years and years to get out of the sun, and why this happens.) Some facts are something you may have been wondering about for a while now (like why does the moon seem so huge only when it's coming up in the night sky, but then seems to shrink to its normal size when it's in its normal spot?) And some facts are about how things are constantly misrepresented in movies (steaming hot meteorites and astronauts dying instantly when exposed to the space void.) All of this info was incredibly interesting, plus photos of the night sky, Hubble star snapshots or pictures from astronaut travels were a wonderful addition to the info.
I can definitely recommend this book!
I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.
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