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Review: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Title: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: May 2, 2017
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ASIN: B01MAWT2MO

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author 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 tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.

While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal 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.

My rating:

This was a great book for those who like astrophysics, but not enough to study it.

Ranging in topics from the big bang, light (even the invisible kind), stars, galaxies, planets, dark matter, the most common shape in the universe and basic chemistry, the author explains it all in more-or-less layman terms (even though in some chapters my eyes were glazed over), concisely and clearly, with bits of humor sprinkled here and there to keep it light.

For example: did you know Uranus was almost named George? 😉
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