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ramriot t1_j51rm4z wrote

Reply to comment by 3SquirrelsinaCoat in Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. by clayt6

This is a difference between popular science & academic writing that it took me until my 3rd year in astrophysics to really bottom out.

Today I find reading popular science magazines far less enjoyable & wish they were better written, but then I also recognise I'm no longer the target audience for the magazines that got me interested in astronomy in the first place.

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3SquirrelsinaCoat t1_j51tq91 wrote

That's a good point. I can want to be the target audience, but alas I am probably not, for similar reasons.

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Longest_Inch t1_j5392cm wrote

Well popular science is for the laymen like me to grasp science. It’s like comparing YA literature for kids to like Dostoevsky for AP and college students😂. Which now that I said all that you did make that point.

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