| Title | : | The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space? |
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| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 |
| Publication | : | Published October 4, 2018 |
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*The* puzzle book of 2018, as featured in the Times, Daily Telegraph, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Breakfast, and a Guardian Book of the Year pick.
Have YOU got what it takes to be an astronaut?
This book will help readers of all ages find out. Featuring 100 real astronaut tests and exercises from the European Space Agency’s rigorous selection process, ranging from easy to fiendishly hard, The Astronaut Selection Test Book goes where no puzzle book has gone before.
Including puzzles and tests on:
· visual perception and logic
· mental arithmetic and concentration
· psychological readiness
· teamwork and leadership
· survival, physical and medical skills
· foreign languages (every astronaut has to know Russian!)
and much more, this richly illustrated book draws on Tim Peake's first-hand experience of applying to be an astronaut in 2008, when he and five others were chosen – out of over 8,000 applications!
We’ve all dreamed of being an astronaut, though of the estimated 100 billion people who have ever lived, only 557 people have travelled to space. But with this unprecedented look into real astronaut selection, you might just find out your dreams can become reality…
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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM SOLVER...
Tim Peake and the ESA will receive no royalties from this book; instead, they will be donated to the Prince's Trust charity.
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‘Engrossing... a brain buster of a book... You’ll learn plenty about space and what it takes to be an astronaut, but you’ll also sharpen up your broader knowledge. For anyone interested in the space race and the imminent journey to Mars, here’s the perfect stocking filler.’ – STARBURST
‘It’s a brain work-out on steroids, stuffed with authentic selection tests… Entertaining and engaging… innovative, earnest, soulful and exhilarating’ – BBC SKY AT NIGHT MAGAZINE ( 5 STARS , Book of the Month)
‘It’s such a good idea… this is a very good thing for Christmas Day’ – GRAHAM NORTON, BBC RADIO 2
‘Everybody, get this book… it’s a fascinating read’ – CHRIS MOYLES, RADIO X
‘A fantastic gift… more than just a quiz’ – WI LIFE
‘The perfect [book] for big thinkers’ – BBC ARTS, 2018’s Biggest Books
The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space? Reviews
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What a great book! The challenges are pretty hard!
I like that this book is a mixture of a lot of things that an astronaut would need to be successful in space: math, languages, patterns, diaries, psychology, reading gauges, memory tests, creative activities, and lots of other information about training. I enjoyed the picture/caption inserts that made it come alive.
This book read really quickly, and I enjoyed spending time doing the puzzles. I didn't do the logic puzzles yet because I didn't want to write in the book. They look SUPER hard. I will make copies and try them out later.
If you want a book that shows you just how difficult it is to become an astronaut but also to feel intrigued and maybe even a bit hopeful about it, this is the book for you. Great purchase! -
This book might become a bestseller a few years since the publication, with the recent announcement from ESA on opening the application for a new cohort of European astronauts.
A book to read with a pencil in your hand. This book can even make you feel you don't have what it takes or that you have a chance to become an astronaut. It shows the amount of testing the aspiring astronauts go through and the extent of knowledge and skills one should accumulate in their career for having a chance at a job with regular office hours in the orbit of the Earth.
I used to do some of the tests with my partner while doing chores or just laying on the couch and she found it very entertaining. I think it's also nice to do the tests with your children as they will learn some important life lessons on collaboration, leadership and STEM-related skills.
A fun book whether you want to become an astronaut or not. -
I have different feelings about this book.
The first half made me feel really bad, since its structure reminded me of the Numerus Clausus a test at which you need to be under the best few to pass. This is a test used in German-speaking countries so to select for the "best" candidates for medical studies. I strongly question wheter these tests are
1. representative of the candidates' intellect
2. choose the right people (or rather just the ones who can handle stressful exam-settings).
Nevertheless the second part contained a nice "preview" of how the first Mars-missions could be. And there was also a nice picture section. So I liked it but no more - 3 stars. -
Bought for me as a gift by a friend that knows just what a space geek I am , this is a good and well intentioned book but, packed full of puzzles and tests as it is, I did not enjoy it as much as a plain straight line account of Tim Peake's journey through the selection process.
This says more about me than the book and I recognise it as underscoring the value of this book but the tests themselves did not appeal to me as much as the experiences.
Written with lightness and humour this would be a bang on book for anyone wanting to get a detailed taste of the rigours a candidate is put through and also to see how well they match up -
Yeah I'm 30 and too short to be an astronaut, but this was fun!
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Very good, very interesting. Definitely worth a flick through.
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It’s okay. Mostly for kids.
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Gives an excellent idea of the various skills wanted by the ESA for astronauts.
