It can be highly recommended for courses to nonspecialists, and to the intelligent layman interested in the beauty and majesty of the Milky Way. Astronomers who are not galactic specialists could also gain a lot from this volume.
-- Frank J. Kerr Sky & Telescope
The Milky Way is…a book requiring serious study, but it assumes no previous knowledge and it is written with the clarity, zest, and panache that the Boks bring to all their work. As people who have immense and continuing experience in this field, their book may be taken to be authoritative, inclusive, and very much up-to-date… The serious amateur or undergraduate astronomy student will find the careful reading of this new edition an enriching experience.
-- Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
This remains the definitive book for understanding our galaxy—its origins, evolution, composition, and interactions.
-- The Science Teacher