The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space?

Tim Peake,The European Space Agency

The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space?
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Country
United Kingdom
Published
31 October 2019
Pages
256
ISBN
9781529124149

The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space?

Tim Peake,The European Space Agency

The paperback of the fascinating puzzle book from bestselling Tim Peake.

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*The OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD puzzle book, 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… _________________________ 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. _________________________ ‘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

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