Joanne Baker (1)

This is a series of books sort of like the "Complete Idiot's guide to...". They are of variable quality, as you might suspect, but I thought this one did a very nice job of summarizing (summarising, actually) questions that come up that I can't quite remember the answer to, e.g. what is a Quasar?, what is the significance of the cosmic microwave background?, what is Olber's paradox, etc.

Muito bom
boa referencia para trabalho

QBB-3

Great reference book for basic ideas. A nice addition was the use of sidebars; most were personal details about the different scientists whose ideas were discussed in each section.
I didn't understand some of the mathematical items...I suppose they weren't explained well enough for true mainstream folks. However, much of the information was presented well enough that I understood the concepts. And that's why I read this book!