'The Planets' by Dava Sobel, ISBN: 0670034460. OK, This book was great. I loved it. It was an easy an entertaining read about our solar system. Dava Sobel's writing style is light, fun and whimsical. Each chapter describes a different planet except for the first which talks about the sun. She blends trivia, religious dogma, and mythology to chronicle the history of human understanding of our solar system. I loved it and recommend it. I didn't realize it at the time when I grabbed the book at the library but Dava Sobel also wrote 'Gallileo's Daughter" which I enjoyed years ago. She has another book 'Longitude' that I'm going to have to read now.