Astronomy Saves the World Securing our Future Through Exploration and Education Daniel Batcheldor
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Astronomy Saves the World details the avoidable and unavoidable threats to our existence, and provides the case for astronomy being part of everyone's education. Astronomy will ensure our planet never again experiences a catastrophic cosmic impact from an asteroid or comet, and has shown that these ancient harbingers of death are now rich resources waiting to be reaped. Astronomy will lead us forward, away from an evolving sun, as we migrate throughout our solar system and beyond. But our future is hopeless without a well-informed and cohesive global society. We all need the sense of wonder and cosmic humility that astronomy instills. It is the great educational motivator regardless of demographic, and it is rich with history, science, art, engineering, music, and mathematics. It is the lesson for all humankind. Astronomy can be the key to comprehensive emancipation via education and provide us a united path into the deep future.
Astronomy Saves the World Securing our Future Through Exploration and Education Daniel Batcheldor
The book is a great introduction to astronomy, giving insight on how we know things about our universe rather than just what we know. It covers just enough math and physics for an uninformed reader to grasp the topics. It explains how the math allows us to interpret the limited data in meaningful ways. This is an excellent read for anyone wanting to confirm things they are told about cosmology and astrophysics by following the logic used to determine these conclusions.That being said, the pitch of the book is that widespread astronomy education will be majorly beneficial for society. He uses the book as a platform to combat religion and superstition. While i agree with his view on these subjects, he does not directly challenge these ideas nor make this a clear sticking point of the book. The language regarding these topics has a clear bias and sass that would likely offend a religiously minded reader. This contradicts the purpose of the book by excluding the very audience the author thinks (by my interpretation) needs this lesson the most. This is a book I would have liked to hand to my creationist family so they could better understand my perspective, but they language would be too off putting and likely make this worse. A fatal flaw that breaks the book's main argument.
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Astronomy Saves the World Securing our Future Through Exploration and Education Daniel Batcheldor Reviews
The BEST thing abut this book is that it explains "how we know" that our surrounding galaxies are millions, and billions of light-years away from us. Every step from the expansion of the Big Bang, to how the elements formed in the core of stars and as results of super novae. With all of the necessary information to explain how we use Trig to measure distances to the closest Standard Candles, and then how we use those to calculate distances to galaxies very, very far away.
There are many ways in which "Astronomy Saves the World" in Batcheldor’s new book. Studying distant objects in the vastness of space and the laws that govern them not only give us the ability to recognize real threats such as an asteroid or comet hurdling toward Earth (similar to the one that likely wiped out the dinosaurs) but can also lead us to a big-picture, everyday appreciation of our fragile home planet we often take for granted.
The book does an excellent job showing how physics shaped (and continues to shape) our understanding of outer space such as how far away other stars and galaxies are, what they are made of, plus how big and how heavy. And knowing these things enables us to understand the beginning—and the end—of the universe as we know it.
Throughout the book are actual lessons in astrophysics that include (gasp!) math, but Batcheldor approaches each subject in an engaging and conversational manner. Even those who think they are adverse to numbers and diagrams will be delighted to discover that they are able to grasp concepts such as those taught in a university physics course.
How else does "Astronomy Save the World"? If we manage to keep our eye on the long-term future of life on Earth, we must look to the stars to consider where our next home may be before some yet-unknown threat wipes us out or when the sun eventually envelops our tiny rock several billion years from now. But where are these habitable planets? How far away? Astronomy will have the answer.
I really enjoyed reading this book and now have a greater appreciation of what I’m actually looking at up there in the starry night sky and our little planet’s place in the universe.
I received your book in the mail yesterday NICE!!!! Started reading it last night. Just to let you know, I read all of Loren Eisley's books and all of Carl Sagan's books (even wrote a song about Demon Haunted world), so I know what I am talking about. Even though I am only through chapter 2, your book stands up very well with Sagan's and Eisley's! Great job, a book I wish I had written. Also a book every American citizen should read! Highly recommend this book. - James Webb, PhD.
A fun romp through the world of an astrophysicists. A dash of physics, math, chemistry and more is what a good astrophysicist must know. Ever wonder how we know how we first got the sun centered model? Want to prove for your self that the earth is round? How do we know how far all those stars are? Find out the answer to these and many more questions about our universe.
The measure of a good book of non-fiction is how much time you spend looking up facts to expand on the text. It took me twice as long as normal to finish this book because I had to spend hours, okay I can lose myself on the internet, looking to expand my knowledge! This was a delightful read, facts presented in an interesting way that made you eager for the next paragraph. I might be a bit prejudiced as the author teaches down the street and holds science lectures for the public, Yep, guilty as charged. Read this book, these are the times that make education vital for the future of this country!
The book is a great introduction to astronomy, giving insight on how we know things about our universe rather than just what we know. It covers just enough math and physics for an uninformed reader to grasp the topics. It explains how the math allows us to interpret the limited data in meaningful ways. This is an excellent read for anyone wanting to confirm things they are told about cosmology and astrophysics by following the logic used to determine these conclusions.
That being said, the pitch of the book is that widespread astronomy education will be majorly beneficial for society. He uses the book as a platform to combat religion and superstition. While i agree with his view on these subjects, he does not directly challenge these ideas nor make this a clear sticking point of the book. The language regarding these topics has a clear bias and sass that would likely offend a religiously minded reader. This contradicts the purpose of the book by excluding the very audience the author thinks (by my interpretation) needs this lesson the most. This is a book I would have liked to hand to my creationist family so they could better understand my perspective, but they language would be too off putting and likely make this worse. A fatal flaw that breaks the book's main argument.
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