Reviews for The Random House encyclopedia

The average rating for The Random House encyclopedia based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-12-10 00:00:00 Ira Uland Please! Get this book and the Portable Atlas and carry it with you wherever you go. And when you're sitting on the bus, in the subway, waiting in traffic, for the dentist, or your boss to put down the bottle of Scotch, and read it. Study. Learn. One thing this country is short on is knowledge of the world OUTSIDE the U.S. If everyone carried these two books then we wouldn't be so embarrassed, the rest of the world would laugh at US less (notice us looks like U.S. except for the periods and it's smaller. The American: "Are you laughing at US!" Foreigner: "Yes, U.S.!"), and we would be a major step closer to understanding the OTHER. Give these books to your kids and they'd have a much greater chance of reaching out internationally and keeping people out of office who do stupid, economic-based things that merely piss off the rest of the world. If our 6% of the world population already has more than 50% of the world's money, what do we want? 80, 90, 100%? Hmmmmmmmm . . . .

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-27 00:00:00 Joshua Stimpson As the daughter of one of the Atomic Scientists, I have a broad collection of books regarding the Manhattan Project and related history. This one, which focuses on the Trinity test in New Mexico, is by far one of the most readable. In spite of it's point of focus and fascinating details, the author manages to discuss practical, philosophical and moral concerns that have become the genuine "fallout" of this technological creation. Excellent book!