unsweettea's review
4.0
Very good, very interesting, and very readable. While the book is primarily historical in nature, I liked that he brought it up to date on the latest science, and explained what the current thinking is at the end. It was interesting too to read it after recently reading The Age of Wonder, which covers a similar period and talks about a lot of the same people. This is a much more focused book than The Age of Wonder since it concerns itself only with astronomy, and primarily with solar astronomy, but it is also very good.
stargazerb09f7's review
4.0
Learn about the sun's impact on our Earth along with the early astronomers. The story begins with the Carrington event, a massive coronal mass ejection that hit Earth head on. It caused blood red auroras even in the tropics and distrupted telegraph lines. Imagine this happening today ... I highly recommend this book.
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