Moderately large format (22 x 27.5 cm) with full page photo of key fossil and modest page of text discussion. Published in Great Britain by Natural HiModerately large format (22 x 27.5 cm) with full page photo of key fossil and modest page of text discussion. Published in Great Britain by Natural History Museum; published in U.S. by Smithsonian Books in association with the Natural History Museum....more
Photos pretty substandard, but quite good. Too much USA vs Canada - not a surprise. General Geology. Subtitle: A high-altitude tour of North America'sPhotos pretty substandard, but quite good. Too much USA vs Canada - not a surprise. General Geology. Subtitle: A high-altitude tour of North America's spectacular volcanoes, canyons, glaciers, lakes, craters, and peaks. ...more
Basically covers what it says in the title. Good, but I already understood the simple topics - and I couldn't really follow the complex physics topicsBasically covers what it says in the title. Good, but I already understood the simple topics - and I couldn't really follow the complex physics topics. Is there a god? Origin of universe? Extra-terrestrial life? Should we colonize space? The future of Artificial Intelligence? The end of the universe? Time Travel? Can we predict future? A brief biography, and a brief afterword by his daughter Lucy Hawking....more
Paleontology - re dinosaurs only Insufficient background info., uses MANY terms not explained - not even a glossary! Presume there is a language barriPaleontology - re dinosaurs only Insufficient background info., uses MANY terms not explained - not even a glossary! Presume there is a language barrier - many instances of extremely poor grammar, etc. BUT lists every single genus (and many - most?) species, and lots of info. re the number of skulls, skeletons, adult length, weight, exact age (sometimes to epoch!), formation. Classification POOR - hard/impossible to follow. The original book from is from Ajax Library....more
My rating C (to C+). This rating should translate to 1 1/2 stars - but oops, no halves available - so I rounded up to a Goodreads score of 2 stars.
ThiMy rating C (to C+). This rating should translate to 1 1/2 stars - but oops, no halves available - so I rounded up to a Goodreads score of 2 stars.
This is an autobiography of Stan Lee - a graphic novel (call it a big comic book). His ginormous ego (one is reminded of the egos of certain present and former presidential candidates south of the border) comes through strongly, and I had to skim some bits because it was overwhelming (especially near the end, when there was little content that I was interested in. Still the vital question - how much did Stan Lee actually write? He says ~~"I didn't have time to write [all] of the scripts" - Did he write ANY of the scripts?? Was he strictly an Idea man???
It may sound as though I'm splitting hairs - but the vast popularity of marvel superhero movies suggests that there is a constituency who would like to know the truth of who wrote all those comic book scripts. Did Jack Kirby write all of the scripts (and thought balloons as well?) for Fantastic Four, the Avengers and the Mighty Thor? Did Steve Ditko write the script etc. for Amazing Fantasy #15, and all those early issues of the Amazing Spider Man? Did Don Heck write all of those Invincible Iron Man, Captain America, and Ant Man (later Giant Man) scripts? And I could go on through the rest of early marvel pantheon - but I will cease and desist here.
I don't want to tear down the incredible legacy of Stan Lee. Far from it. I have no doubt that Stan Lee deserves enormous credit for the unbelievable history of the marvel comics (not to mention the mind-boggling alternate universe where we find ourselves, with endless marvel movies and tv series etc. etc.). BUT - credit for Stan Lee should not be at the expense of credit for those who did some of the work on those many many issues of the comics we hold precious.
My rating C (to C+). This rating should translate to 1 1/2 stars - but oops, no halves available, in this particular alternate universe - so I rounded up to a Goodreads score of 2 stars....more
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