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Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour

by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author)

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Miguel said: " On this review I will not only give my opinion about this book, but I'll also describe its characteristics and the difficulties I had, so you can analyse by yourself and decide if it is or it isn't a book that you would like and be comfortable to rea On this review I will not only give my opinion about this book, but I'll also describe its characteristics and the difficulties I had, so you can analyse by yourself and decide if it is or it isn't a book that you would like and be comfortable to read.
If you are a person that likes physics, want to understand more about the universe and have a good understanding of math, this book is for you. But if you are not good with math and seeing complex equations get you mad, than this book is not for you.
There were a bunch of equation which I didn't understand having variables such as "Newton's variables" or variables that I've never seen in my life, they also expect you to understand how an equation works. For example: you have something divided by something else, that number will be the relation between those two things, so if you have something from the Sun and divide it by something of Earth, then the result will be the relation of Sun and Earth.
My experience with this book was that I would read 3 pages in 3 minutes, but when I got on the equation part I would spent 10 minutes in one page, I'm persistent and I have patience with these kind of stuff, that's why that didn't bother me, but there were equations that I spent a long time but I still didn't get it.
This book doesn't explain everything in math, the reason they put equations it's so you can understand more how it works and how the physicist did it, and if you understand you'll see that it makes sense, but they don't teach by the equations. Even thought they go step by step explaining what they did, it can be a challenge.
This book doesn't teach you about physics or facts about our daily lives, this book focus more on the Universe.
Overall, I really liked this book because they teach you in a fun way, giving you examples of what we have in our daily life, unfortunately this started to decrease along the way, but I'm on the middle of the book so I hope they'll still recover this. The math part can be exhausting, but It didn't make the book boring for me, and also it made me understand more things about math.
I like science, and I also like math, so I think that these aspects made me like the book. The book is big, but if you like it, time will pass as if you were reading a normal size book.
I hope this review helped you to understand how this book is and made you think more about it and thank you for reading my review. ...more "

Oct 24, 2018 09:49AM · see review

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The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond

by Christophe Galfard

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Miguel said: " This book is good. This book not only tells about our universe but also it makes us "go" there. This book has a way of explaining things that it sounds so easy, it's really easy to understand it. The book tells about the way that the universe is, and ...more "

Dec 11, 2017 12:45PM · see review