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Title: Not a guide to the Planets
Review: Dava Sobel has written some excellent books about science. This is not one of them. I got this as a quick review of the science of Planetology; it is a very strangly written account of the history of Planetology. Ms Sobel adopts an oddly florid style throughout which makes it very difficult to understand. In two cases she uses a first person voice; once as the the meteor which is believed to be from Mars and once as the sister of William Herschel. In both cases it is so strange that it is difficult to follow. In the narrative about Jupiter she spends as much time going on about astrology as astronomy. I have no idea if Ms Sobel is serious about Astrology (I hope not) but as an experienced science writer she should be aware that it has no legitimate place here.There are other, less confusing accounts of the planets. Buy them and avoid this.
