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Planet Earth
Solar System
Der Planet Erde - Das Sonnensystem - bk1767; Time-Life Bücher; Kendrick Frazier; Paperback; 1988
176 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1985
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May 17, 2020
Now this entire series I guess is dated - being released in the mid-80s. So in a field where the sun of human knowledge is being constantly pushed back I guess it will not take long for the information to be either superseded or even proven down right wrong - I will not get drawn in to the debate of the number of planets and should a certain diminutive lump of rock be classed as one or not (in this book it most certainly is treated as a planet for example).
However for a historical perspective (and some amazing images but this is what you would expect from TIME LIFE) this book is a great read. The concepts are easy to follow however I find it interesting how much time - and pages - are spent on each subject and planet.
Books like this I think serve a very important role - it clearly shows how the world and the human race have evolved. I was born in the early 70s, so at some point if I got my hands on this book it could have been new and revolutionary - now it is missing who swathes of human endeavour and knowledge, something that both makes me proud and in awe of. How much we have learnt and just importantly how much more there potentially is there still to learn.
However for a historical perspective (and some amazing images but this is what you would expect from TIME LIFE) this book is a great read. The concepts are easy to follow however I find it interesting how much time - and pages - are spent on each subject and planet.
Books like this I think serve a very important role - it clearly shows how the world and the human race have evolved. I was born in the early 70s, so at some point if I got my hands on this book it could have been new and revolutionary - now it is missing who swathes of human endeavour and knowledge, something that both makes me proud and in awe of. How much we have learnt and just importantly how much more there potentially is there still to learn.
February 3, 2013
I got this book in 1986, and found the pictures stunning. There are much better pictures sent back to earth now, but it is cool to see what was cutting edge back in the day. I loved picking it up and reading it again today!
August 25, 2024
Solar System by Kendrick Frazier is an invaluable account of the exploration of the system of our star from the stone age until the days of the author. It's grandiosely illustrated. It captivates because major discoveries on the Solar System are presented in it freshly, just a few years after they have been made. Frazier genuinely reports about how they have been made. In the end of the book, the author embeds our star system in the grander picture of the galaxy and of how stars emerge and collapse.
April 25, 2022
Read as a teenager, found it fascinating. One of the Time-Life Books, Planet Earth series. Probably a bit dated now but I enjoyed it.
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