iceeckos12's review against another edition
3.0
I think this book would be a good read for someone who's never studied astrobiology or astrophysics before. A lot of the information in the earlier chapters were a reiteration of things I already knew, and sometimes got a little caught up in the details. In my opinion the strongest chapters were 4 and 5, although I'm not sure if this is simply because I'm a big nerd about space. An interesting read.
shawnwhy's review against another edition
5.0
super fun look into a planet as a wold and how conversion of energy from stars can shape our civilization into ta cosmic one, goes into bottle necks that prevents civilizations from growing such as over socumption(eastern Island) etc. also goes into sagan and margulis and the gia theory quite abit. , the earth is a reactive system, and oxygen is created by the abundance of trees, there is a system to create variance that plays off of one dominant factor , trees - oryfgen, - animals - ...
oh yeah. by numbers, there should already be many other civilizations on other start , carbon and water are probably the most ideal elements for life due to the quality of its ions. and its verdsatility,
oh yeah. by numbers, there should already be many other civilizations on other start , carbon and water are probably the most ideal elements for life due to the quality of its ions. and its verdsatility,
lauren_endnotes's review against another edition
4.0
In Light of the Stars, Frank surveys the last decades' leap into space and exo-planet discovery, as well as the burgeoning field of astrobiology. It is a fascinating read, both for its history and its futurism. This book would also be a great textbook for an astrophysics class: accessible and comprehensive in scope.
I recently read [b:The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History|17910054|The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History|Elizabeth Kolbert|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1372677697s/17910054.jpg|25095506], and that served as a great companion piece to this: looking at earth's changes, shifts over the millenia, and then this book, putting Earth into context amongst all the other systems and galaxies.
I recently read [b:The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History|17910054|The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History|Elizabeth Kolbert|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1372677697s/17910054.jpg|25095506], and that served as a great companion piece to this: looking at earth's changes, shifts over the millenia, and then this book, putting Earth into context amongst all the other systems and galaxies.
davidmencik's review against another edition
2.0
I expected more from this book, even though some sections were good I didn't find the book enjoyable and didn't finish the book. After couple of months if you would ask me to tell you what the book is about I would have no idea, and it is not like I only skimmed the book but read the first 100 pages properly.
3 months later I came back to read it and found it even worse than first time and decided not to finish it at all. Maybe 2 stars is a bit harsh but I give 1 or 2 stars to books I didn't find interesting.
3 months later I came back to read it and found it even worse than first time and decided not to finish it at all. Maybe 2 stars is a bit harsh but I give 1 or 2 stars to books I didn't find interesting.
anhundred's review against another edition
4.0
This was a very interesting and entertaining read! I learned a lot and enjoyed the comparisons between exoplanets and our own planet. It did make me even more anxious about climate change but that’s probably the point of the book.