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It's Only Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English (Astronomers' Universe): An Introduction in Plain English (Astronomers' Universe)
enlarge	Author: Lucy Rogers Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Category: Book List Price: ~~Ł19.00~~ Buy New: Ł9.36 You Save: Ł9.64 (51%) New (21) Used (6) from Ł9.36 Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 243578 Media: Paperback Edition: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 350 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3 Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 ISBN: 038775377X Dewey Decimal Number: 629.4 EAN: 9780387753775 ASIN: 038775377X Publication Date: April 14, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: New book. WE USE PRIORITY AIRMAIL ONLY for books from the USA. UK & European delivery is 7-10 days. Over 2,000,000 books sold to Amazon customers


Customer Reviews: A fascinating and very interesting read July 30, 2008 A fascinating book written in a style that an interested layman can understand. Despite having lived through, and been interested in, all the space exploration since Sputnik, I hadn't appreciated all that is involved. Dr Rogers is to be congratulated for covering a complex topic in a straightforward way without recourse to too much and hard-to-understand science. Indeed I occasionally found the book prompted further questions in my mind which I then enjoyed researching. The author also covered relevant astronomy topics which I found very useful. One day perhaps, humans will set foot on another planet in the solar system and some of the problems that such a mission would have to face are covered well. Clearly the author has a passion for space and astronomy, as well as the ability to put things over in an essentially simply way. All in all I'd can thoroughly recommend the book.