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The World's Easiest Astronomy Book

Hitoshi Nakagawa
One Peace Books (2009)
ISBN 9780978508449


Reviewed by Kam Auresfor RebeccasReads (4/09)

In the Preface of “The World’s Easiest Astronomy Book,” Nakagawa states, “In our busy day-to-day lives we often forget to lift our heads and look to the skies, which is exactly why we must look up and open our minds to the universe.  In the past, in the present, and onwards to the future, space and time are endless.  I want us all to surround ourselves with thoughts of mankind’s advance into the universe.”   (p.4)

I have always been interested in learning more about the subject of astronomy but have found most of the books on the topic to be very technical and too detailed to hold my interest.  “The World’s Easiest Astronomy Book” is unlike any of the other books out there on the subject; it is exactly as the title says, easy.  Each chapter is short and to the point and includes a simplistic, and sometimes amusing, illustration to aid in comprehension.    

Some of the areas that the book touches on are centrifugal force, objects in space, space and garbage, temperature in space, rocket flight, comets and meteorites.  The language used in the book is very basic and extremely easy to understand.  Since my knowledge of astronomy was very minimal before I read this book, I felt like I learned quite a bit.  I even read some of the chapters to my two young children and they enjoyed it.  I think that the audience for “The World’s Easiest Astronomy Book” covers a very broad range and that this is the perfect astronomy book for the beginner!

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