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kidprezident's review against another edition
I don’t feel like these answers really addressed the question or at least not as directly as I was hoping they would.
librocubicularist_jess's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this one. A lot of it was review, but the beautiful photos really added to the book. I never cease to be awed when reading on this subject. My only complaint was all the photos of tweets seemed unnecessary.
xfajardo's review
4.0
Un gran libro que hace sus mejores esfuerzos para darle entrada a neófitos como yo al mundo de la astro física.
100pagesaday's review
5.0
Cosmic Queries expands on Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk and aims to answer the big questions about the universe. Tyson has a way of making these very big and difficult concepts easy to understand, bringing the universe down to earth. Beginning from how we know what we know in space, measurements and some of the scientists who have led to these discoveries we are then led to ask questions of how the universe got to be how it is, what the universe is made out of, what life is, if we are alone, how this all began and eventually, how it will end.
Whenever I read a book about space I am always amazed about how much I do not know. I revel in being able to learn and understand more about our world and what is beyond. Cosmic Queries not only gives me a good foundation to begin to understand the questions posed in the book, but reminds me of how much we don't know about what we don't know as well as the fact that "the most interesting questions are the ones we don't yet know to ask." As I read through each chapter, the knowledge from previous chapters was slowly built upon, helping to expand my thinking and ask further questions. In addition, I learned about some of the pioneers of astronomy and the risks they took in order to get their knowledge out into the world. Overall, Cosmic Queries is an excellent read for any curious mind.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
Whenever I read a book about space I am always amazed about how much I do not know. I revel in being able to learn and understand more about our world and what is beyond. Cosmic Queries not only gives me a good foundation to begin to understand the questions posed in the book, but reminds me of how much we don't know about what we don't know as well as the fact that "the most interesting questions are the ones we don't yet know to ask." As I read through each chapter, the knowledge from previous chapters was slowly built upon, helping to expand my thinking and ask further questions. In addition, I learned about some of the pioneers of astronomy and the risks they took in order to get their knowledge out into the world. Overall, Cosmic Queries is an excellent read for any curious mind.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
bclark8781's review
3.0
A fine book for what it is, sort of a "coffee table" look at the universe. This might make a good textbook, because it covers many aspects of cosmology, but I guess I was looking for something that tackled more "philosophical" questions from Tyson's point of view than this.