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A review by zuzana_be
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily M. Levesque
5.0
You know those memes: what people think I do, what I really do ? This book is the meme.
Emily Levesque is an astronomy professor studying how biggest stars evolve and die. She has a lot of experience in the field of astronomy, lot of stories to tell and fortunately use brilliant language to tell them.
I smirked a lot, use Google a lot, daydreamed about universe a lot. Astronomy is a wonderful life choice but don't
idealize it. It may sound romantic but observing is (used to be) adventurous job (speaking of tarantulas, lightning bolts, awful hurricanes, dangerous bridges - you name it). Studying hundreds of pages of signals & codes isn't fun neither. But still, to be at the top of the mountain in the observatory, looking at the sky with million of stars, can't say I wouldn't do it. It was quite an easy fun read even if you don't know anything about astronomy.
I can say without any regret that this was one of the best books I read this year. This version was only e-book but I definitely wants to buy a hardcover. And if Emily wants to write something else in the future, just check me in.
Emily Levesque is an astronomy professor studying how biggest stars evolve and die. She has a lot of experience in the field of astronomy, lot of stories to tell and fortunately use brilliant language to tell them.
I smirked a lot, use Google a lot, daydreamed about universe a lot. Astronomy is a wonderful life choice but don't
idealize it. It may sound romantic but observing is (used to be) adventurous job (speaking of tarantulas, lightning bolts, awful hurricanes, dangerous bridges - you name it). Studying hundreds of pages of signals & codes isn't fun neither. But still, to be at the top of the mountain in the observatory, looking at the sky with million of stars, can't say I wouldn't do it. It was quite an easy fun read even if you don't know anything about astronomy.
I can say without any regret that this was one of the best books I read this year. This version was only e-book but I definitely wants to buy a hardcover. And if Emily wants to write something else in the future, just check me in.