Customer Review: Many casual lay readers may find some of these intriguing space time concepts difficult to visualize. Many more and better pictures would have made this book more accessible. For the description of dynamic ideas like "time machines" a picture is indeed worth a thousand words. If you have seen a Nova... more info
Customer Review: This book seems more intent on making a case that women were overlooked as pilots rather than on telling their story. None of the women come to life; rather than presenting fresh information, this book recycles anecdotes and headlines into a narrative. The listing of the names and backgrounds of the... more info
Customer Review: As someone who spent community service hours educating children on the environment and monitoring the actual effects on rivers by commercial industries, I'm insulted. What idiot can't tell nitrogen for nitrites? Nitrogen HELPS soil and is 80% of our air. NITRITES cause anaerobic red algae... more info
Customer Review: This book has a lot more to it than suggested by its dust jacket. Rather than just a number of experiences by a few of the crews who fly into hurricanes to learn more about them;it traces the history of the individuals and their planes, as well as the theories that have been used since the end of... more info