Book Reviews
Book Review: About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
When introducing his book "About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang," author Adam Frank tells…
Book Review: “Planetfall” by Michael Benson
Review written by Lois Merritt Armchair astronomer alert! If you love looking at the images sent back by the spacecraft…
Book Review: Information, Communication and Space Technology
I was worried that the book “Information, Communication and Space Technology” had the potential to be 'jack of all trades,…
Book Review: The Half-Life of Facts; why everything we know has an expiration date
Review by Evan Gough Knowledge is changing all the time. New facts replace old facts, more precise measurements supersede previous…
Win a Copy of “Our Explosive Sun”
For us humans, the Sun as seen with the naked eye appears as a static and quiet yellow disk in…
Book Review: The Final Journey of the Saturn V
Book review by David L. Hamilton The Final Journey of the Saturn V, by Andrew R. Thomas and Paul N.…
Book Review: Transit Of Venus: 1631 To The Present
Book review by David L. Hamilton Dr. Nick Lomb’s book, “Transit Of Venus: 1631 To The Present,” covers the history…
Phil Plait’s Five Guides to the Universe
All writers love to read, and our friend Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer is no exception. And since we often…
New Book: Night Sky Companion 2012
For those of us interested in the night sky, what could be better than having an astronomer for a friend?…
- Book Reviews
- History
- Kennedy Space Center
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Missions
- NASA
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
Book Review: Martian Summer
[/caption] The Mars Phoenix Lander has long since gone quiet on the frigid, dusty plains of Mars. Its legacy however…