num_pages: 256
description: *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  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 8000 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...' 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
language: English
title: The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space?
publisher: Cornerstone Digital