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March 28, 2006
The Planets
Whew. I'm on a roll. Just finished The Planets by Dava Sobel - author of the absolute must-read Longitude.
Much like Spook vs. Stiff, The Planets isn't a bad book, but it didn't grab me by the throat and demand that I complete it in one sitting, as Longitude did. It's a light romp through the discovery of the major bodies in our solar system, and as a tool to get someone interested in reading more, it's probably pretty good.
For someone who's already read more, however, I found little new between it's covers. I did very much like the chapter written from the perspective of "Big Al" the Martian meteorite found several years ago which supports the assertion that life once existed on Mars.
It's worth a read from the library, but I'd pass on the hardcover, myself.
Posted by dberger at March 28, 2006 7:42 PM