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3.0 of 5 stars
This book is for two groups of people: those who want to study the remote planets with amateur astronomical equipment, and those who are just inter... read full description

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Jun 13, 2011
Joe rated it: 3 of 5 stars
The first half of this book was phenomenal. Though there was no narrative, no plot and no protagonist, it was one of the more unique and enjoyable books on planetary science I've read.

The writing style is staccato and dry to the point where the whole book could just be one long bullet list of facts about the ice giants and Pluto-Charon. But, oh, what a collection of bullets!

To be clear, this book has no personality. It's just fact after fact of "what we know" ab More...
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