A Journey Through The Universe: A travelers guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unk

New Scientist: Instant Expert

by New Scientist

A Journey Through The A travelers guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unk

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Space, Astronomy, Physics

300 pages, Hardcover

Published July 15, 2023

Reviews

[Matthew Ted · Rating 2 out of 5]

108th book of 2023.

Disappointing read, mostly basic astronomy, some now outdated facts and a lack of physics. But nice pictures at times. I also found most of the articles dry, which is surprising as I enjoy reading the New Scientist magazine generally at work when we get the new copies in.

[Mohamed Asraf · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5. An eye-opening and fascinating journey through our solar system and beyond. Our sun has its own rains, and Mars boasts the highest mountain in our solar system, Olympus Mons, three times the height of Mount Everest.

Saturn's rings are mainly ice (and not rocks), and some of its moons have water-spewing volcanoes (and not lava), the only known bodies besides Earth to have water. Pluto was demoted partly because remembering too many planets is hard for children!

There are stars much larger than our sun, with the biggest discovered being 1,700 times our sun's diameter. The space is mind-bogglingly vast, majestic, and grandly designed, with the universe expanding faster than expected.

Interestingly, Allah mentions this in the Quran:

"The heavens, We have built them with power. And verily, We are expanding it" (Holy Quran, 51:47).

Indeed, if there is a grand design, there must be a Grand Designer.

[Nigel McFarlane · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting and up-to-date review of what we know and what we don't know, from the solar system to the whole universe. There are plenty of items that even the most dedicated New Scientist readers might not have come across.

One highlight of the book is a little interview with Jocelyn Bell, relating the story of how she discovered the first radio signal from a pulsar in 1967; the sexism of the times is quite shocking.

[Samantha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Went right over my head! I thought as it was a 'NewScientist Instant Expert' book it might have been dumbed down a bit for an average reader to find out a little about space. I was wrong and you do need prior knowledge to understand any of the writing.

It probably is a good book to expand your knowledge on the universe... but I can't be sure as I understood very little!!

[Deepak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating. We are but a speck of sand...

[Stuart Parr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and simple read about some of the more up to date information discovered about our solar system and beyond. Easy read.

[Benjamin Pierce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating book! Learned a lot and thouroughly enjoyed it cover to cover.

[John Bleasdale · Rating 4 out of 5]

fine

A great overview of our knowledge moving from the sun outwards. I love refreshing my knowledge and also adding to it

[Genesis Tan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read
I'm astronaut now

[Cassie Blue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written with lots of intriguing facts. It felt like Ms Frizzle was taking her alumnae on the journey and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

[MARC L'ESPERANCE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read

[tammy (eskel's version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

okay, nothing special. covered lots of ground, didn't go too into depth, but still very interesting.

[Day Powell · Rating 2 out of 5]

not a fan. seemed disconnected and uninteresting