I’ll get onto the details of this specific book a bit further down, but first it’s worth taking a more general look at the series of which it’s the latest instalment. Coming from Reaktion Books, the series is called Kosmos and several of the previous titles have already been reviewed on this site – on Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and Asteroids. Looking back at those reviews, there’s a clear common theme. They’re all nice-looking, lavishly illustrated books th...
