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Teach Yourself Planets (Teach Yourself Science)

By: David A. Rothery
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Teach Yourself Books
ISBN: 0340867604
ISBN-13: 9780340867600
Released: 30 Apr 2003
RRP: £9.99
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Well written but a little dry at times - a fantastic reference book - By: Elise, 30 Sep 2007
I bought this book to read as part of the Open University Short course (S196 Planets: an Introduction). I reallly enjoyed studying the course & this book is an integral part of that. However, I read it first a couple of months before the start of the course straight through from cover to cover, & found the style a little dry. That isn't to say that it isn't a fairly readable book, there are plenty of science books that you couldn't read from end to end like that without being bored to death. Nevertheless, I would imagine that if you were simply reading the book for your own information & not with a goal in mind like studying the OU course, it might be a bit heavy going at times.

However, the book is well set out & gets across a huge amount of information in a relatively smalll book. Each chapter looks at a different planet & has a table of information at the beginning & is simply packed with facts about the solar system including the asteroid & Kuiper belts. It also has a brief chapter at the end about exo-planets (planets that orbit other stars). Unfortunately the vast majority of illustrations are black & white, although it has some colour plates in the middle.

I would definitely highly recommend this as a reference book, rather than one to read straight through. You can dip in & find out a remarkable amount about any of the planets in just a few pages.
Teach Yourself Planets - By: , 11 Mar 2004
Teach Yourself Planets is the core subject book of the Open University Short Science (introductory) Course about planetary science. This book is as up to date as any book on the market & is written in a very easy to understand style. If you know nothing about the planets now you will feel like an expert when you have read it. No previous knowledge is needed. The author, David Rothery writes with authority in a style that is very easy to read & absorb. If you want a quick review of the subject with in depth knowledge buy this book - you will not be dissapointed.