I’m not a big fan of the Dummies books. Don’t really like the humor which always seems—well, sort of dumb. But, I had picked this up at a yard sale some years ago and found it when I decided I wanted to read a little bit about astronomy. It answered lots of questions and was a good start to learning about this subject.

Ein aufschlussreiches und auch für Laien lesenswertes Buch über den Einstieg in die Astronomie. Vom Thema Ausrüstung bis zur Supernova wird hier alles abgedeckt, sodass man gut gerüstet in sein neues Hobby starten kann. Wer die Reihe der Dummies-Bücher kennt, weiss, was ihn/sie erwartet. Ansonsten kann ich diese Bücher wirklich nur empfehlen.

وقتی یه جایی گیر افتادید و توی گوشی مامانتونم هییییییییییییییییییچ کتابی نیست :|

والا فک کنم برای علاقه مند کردن بد نیس یا حتی شروع ساده برای مبتدی ها، ولی اطلاعات خیلی خاصی نمیده. لحن نویسنده م بد نبود :|

I couldn't finish this book , I tried so hard but that's it ,I give up (it also made me get into a long ass reading slump , I'm never forgiving it for this )
Well , I was expecting something more interesting rather than sky viewing and techniques to spot stars and constellations(which I will never be able to remember of course ) I was expecting more informations about the universe , the galaxies , the planets even , in a funny amusing way .
It's a meh (I'm giving it two stars just becuz I learned some new stuff although they weren't numerous , but I'm a grateful fella)

You can read my full review here:
http://hmweasley-blog.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-review-astronomy-for-dummies-by.html

A lot of very readable and very relevant content for anyone with an interest in the topic

Very educational, but riddled with some extremely corny humor, which may be a pro or a con depending on who you ask I guess.