| The books had lots
of cool and exciting pictures on the covers and it looked as if
they were full of information. I am interested in humans’
impact on space, but I wasn’t too interested in Earth. I learned
tonnes of interesting information all the same.
I liked the books because they were informative, cover to cover.
The computer-generated images of spacecraft, volcanoes, cross-sections
of Earth, etc. had extreme amounts of detail and were very realistic.
The internet site on the other hand, though informative, was hard
to use because some things took a long time to load.
The books gave a lot of information, for instance, the first Russian
probe to the Moon missed and became the first human-made object
to orbit the Sun. The books were also fun to read because I like
learning about everything. When I first heard about the tsunami
in southern Asia, I went straight to my Earth book to find out more
about what tsunami are.
The one thing that I would change would be to give more information
on fewer topics rather than a little information on each of many
topics. The photos and diagrams complemented the writing very well.
My overall impression of the books is that they were very good
research books or just good books for people curious about the subjects.
I would rate the books an 8.5 out of 10. In one word these books
were jam-packed-with-information.
(Originally published
in the Mar/Apr 2005 issue of YES Mag.)
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