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Отличная книжка, но с целевой аудиторий сложно. Тинейдер, если не тупой, бОльшую часть знает и в бОльших деталях (или еще не дорос, чтобы с интересом читать), а тупому и не надо. Для взрослого, тем более, слишком много очевидно-общеизвестно.
A grand survey of our understanding of the cosmos, from the ancient Greeks and Babylonians through the early 1960s. As always, Dr. Asimov writes clearly and simply, and as usual emphasizes the history behind our knowledge. Unfortunately, some chapters are frightfully outdated, and any mention of even neutron stars or black holes, let alone dark matter or dark energy, is completely absent. I don't mean to say that The Universe is not worth reading—quite the opposite, in fact—but that anyone seeki...more
Fantastic survey of astronomy. You'll want to finish it off with a more recent book to be entirely informed, but the basics are here and wonderfully presented. I find this books far exceeds any of his fiction in its beauty and clearness of presentation. There is joy in these pages.
The only physics book I have ever read. A little out of date, but accurate and immersive. Isaac Asimov the non fiction writer seemed (to me) to write more passionately than Asimov the sci-fi novelist.
It's very outdated, but since it's about the evolution of human knowledge on the universe, what it says about our first discoveries is still very interesting. And the author, as always, is very able to translate complex thought into simple words.
Concisely written book on how far humans have come in astronomy.
An interesting book, although obviously dated. Asimov documents what we know about the universe, and how our knowledge evolved through history.
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Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.
Professor Asimov is generally considered the most prolific writer of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the te...more
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Professor Asimov is generally considered the most prolific writer of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the te...more
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