Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

There’s no better guide through mind-expanding questions such as what the nature of space and time is, how we fit within the universe, and how the universe fits within us than Neil deGrasse Tyson.

But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in digestible chapters consumable any time and anywhere in the busy day. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry reveals just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.

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A short, sweet and surprisingly easy read! It was a great introduction to astrophysics that really prompted further thought and exploration of the subject. It was accessible (although I would say that sometimes the jokes fell a little flat in an attempt to be a little too accessible) and clear, and shot through with Neil deGrasse Tyson's humour and voice. It's well worth a read, and really helps put our place in the universe into perspective...even if I'm still not sure I'll ever really understand it fully.

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