Book Reviews

Giveaway: “Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier” by Neil deGrasse Tyson

May 21, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Neil deGrasse Tyson’s new book, Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier, at times, reads like an updated version of some of Carl Sagan’s classic work about the history of astronomy and our place in the Universe. You can read our full [...]

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Book Review: “Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier” by Neil de Grasse Tyson

May 21, 2013

For those fans of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot, there’s finally a successor volume to that. Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier, at times, reads like an updated version of Sagan’s classic book about the history of astronomy and our place in the universe. Like Sagan, Tyson talks about the human perception of astronomy [...]

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Win a Copy of Buzz Aldrin’s Book, Mission to Mars

May 7, 2013

Buzz Aldrin, celebrated Apollo astronaut and an outspoken champion for the pursuit of space exploration, is on a mission. He has written a new book titled “Mission to Mars.” While the title focuses on Mars, the book covers much more. Buzz lays out his goals for the space program and how he believes we can [...]

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Buzz Aldrin is on a Mission (to Mars), Part 1

May 7, 2013

Buzz Aldrin, celebrated Apollo astronaut and an outspoken champion for the pursuit of space exploration has written a new book titled “Mission to Mars.” While the title focuses on Mars, the book covers much more. Aldrin says that while Mars is the destination, getting there is a journey that includes taking advantage of the efforts [...]

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Book Review: Weird Life: The Search for Life That is Very, Very Different from Our Own

April 29, 2013

Think about Dr. Seuss’ classic book If I Ran The Zoo. Young Gerald McGrew has an active imagination creating heretofore unheard of creatures to make his zoo the most astounding by far. All of Gerald’s inventions are quite interesting. But add them to the long list of different beings humans across time have dreamt up [...]

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