FROM THE BIG BANG TO PLANET X:...

FROM THE BIG BANG TO PLANET X: The 50 Most-Asked Questions About the Universe . . . and Their Answers by Terence Dickinson (Camden House: $12.95; 152 pp., illustrated, paperback original). Canadian astronomy writer/lecturer Terence Dickinson discusses various celestial phenomena in this engaging book of popular science. He wins the reader’s sympathy by admitting that some apparently simple questions about the cosmos have no answers, e.g., why the moon looks larger on horizon than at the zenith when it remains the same size (an aspirin tablet held at arm’s length will just cover it in both positions). Enjoyable reading for amateur scientists.