Reviews for The universe and its structure

The average rating for The universe and its structure based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-08-10 00:00:00 James Bannister Asimov bestial. Es tan increíble que la dedicatoria va para Carl Sagan! No conocía la faceta de astrofísico de Asimov. Verdaderamente es una enciclopedia. Creería que el libro serviría mucho para personas que desean conocer sobre la historia de todo lo que es la astronomía y los inicios de la radioastronomía y la cosmología. Es una especie de efemérides sumamente prolijo que explica de manera muy amena y clara todo, desde la concepción de nucleosíntesis primordial, hasta la reacción termonuclear dentro de las estrellas. No ingresa mucho al tema de las singularidades como de los agujeros negros, y es importante considerar que el libro fue escribo en la década de 1960, por lo que conceptos que ahora nos son conocidos, o descubrimientos estén plasmados en esta obra únicamente como conjeturas. Esta edición del año 2012 (actualmente desactualizada) de Alianza Editorial incluye las notas del traductor en donde expone los datos actualizados a la fecha de la edición, por lo que sirve de gran ayuda. En síntesis, creo que Asimov si se hubiera dedicado netamente a la divulgación y a la astronomía y no a la ciencia ficción, estimo que se hubiera ganado un Nobel; el tipo es una enciclopedia y más allá de eso, era tan bueno, que muchas de las predicciones escritas por él hace 40 o 50 años, se han cumplido! esto va desde el impacto de las tecnologías de la información (que lamentablemente usan para sacar una estúpida cuenta en Tik Tok o para reseñar libros de Jodorowski), hasta el comportamiento de cuerpos celestes. Sumamente recomendado.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-08 00:00:00 Alison Hanover There is nothing better to get you through I boring teleconference than having a handy book to read. Okay I am not advocating you ignore work and read (although it would be so tempting) but there are times I do wonder why I have to be dragged in to these things and thankfully Asimov was at hand to help me - although to be honest I was pretty close to finishing already Now before I go to far after being quizzed by a friend who saw me reading this book I have to admit that I suspect some of the findings and statements in this book are now a little dated - hence the 3 stars- simply because there is so much out there still to be discovered and yes a tiny fraction of that has been since this book was published. However for a total novice and amateur like me you have to start somewhere and this book is as good as any as apart from nothing else you have Asimov gentle charm and wisdom to guide you through what can be at times a very daunting and complicated subject - go on I dare you to read some of the higher papers my friend was trying to push on to me!! Anyway what of the book - well as the title says it starts small and ends big - very big. After all early astronomy (if it can be called that) really related to what you could see around you and that is where this book start but it rapidly progresses from there. Now it must be remembered that this book was written before the internet before cable and before to be honest many of the popular science tools that we take for granted now existed so you had to work with what you had. So if you want a bit of science history from for me one of the greatest popular science writers this is as good as any,