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| Original Title: | Astrophysics for People in a Hurry |
| ISBN: | 0393609391 (ISBN13: 9780393609394) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album (2018), Goodreads Choice Award for Science & Technology (2017) |
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Hardcover | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 4.09 | 97997 Users | 10579 Reviews
List Appertaining To Books Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
| Title | : | Astrophysics for People in a Hurry |
| Author | : | Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | May 2nd 2017 by W. W. Norton Company |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Science. Audiobook. Physics. Space. Astronomy. Adult |
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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.Rating Appertaining To Books Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Ratings: 4.09 From 97997 Users | 10579 ReviewsRate Appertaining To Books Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
This book, as its author, is difficult to rate. I am always happy to see "normal" people like me interested in sciences instead of not caring or just accepting what they are told instead of questioning and discovering for themselves. Naturally, we can't all be scientists of the first grade, having deep knowledge of every aspect of the natural world (or technology or whatever). However, curiosity only killed the proverbial cat - in reality, it's vital and good.Many people feel clubbed to death,All right, what we have here is a failure to communicate. Say what?!I guess I should start with Astrophysics for Dummies . . . Nah, just forget it.I'm having a good laugh at my reading aspirations right now. I think I'll content myself with stargazing and wondering.I am not worthy to rate this book.
3.5 starsNeil DeGrasse TysonNeil DeGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, is the Director of the Hayden Planetarium, and the host of 'Star Talk' and 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.' Tyson is also a very funny guy, and his sense of humor lightens the 'lessons' in Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - which contains a brief overview of cosmology.I'll just touch on some topics in the book I found interesting.....some new, some not so much.******Fourteen billion years ago the universe was teeny
Neil deGrasse Tyson is cool. No question. He doesn't pack much into this short book, but whatever he does talk about is always cool. Even too cool sometimes. Sagan used to awe us with this stuff, but deGrasse Tyson makes it easy to feel like a nerd, by oversimplifying concepts and letting some of his smooth arrogance pass onto the reader.But, there are always enough nuggets to keep your true inner nerd interested: Like when he explains how Quarks have fractional charges that come in thirds, and
We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself outand we have only just begun. Neil deGrasse Tyson, within 224 pages, attempts to cover the entirety space and time. He does a pretty good job. However, this is not Astrophysics for Dummies. There are assumptions made for the audience - you do need a bit of a working knowledge on particles and space to fully understand the significance of the text. That being said, I could still (mostly) follow along even in
I have always been more of a words person than a numbers person. I stopped enjoying science in school when numbers got involved, somewhere around Honors Chemistry. This book was perfect for me. Written in an engaging, approachable style, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry has reignited my interest in science, particularly in astronomy. I learned a lot, only by rereading passages several times and then putting the book down to think for a few minutes before continuing, but mostly I came away with
My library had this on audio, and it is read by the author, astrophysics ROCK STAR, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Resistance is futile!Look, most of this went WAY the eff over my head, not ashamed to admit. But, it was Neil deGrasse Tyson reading the foreign language of astrophysics, so I'm positive something got through. Osmosis or something.I listen to his podcast, StarTalk sometimes, and that one is a bit easier to follow. Okay, a lot easier.What did I take away? Oh, who am I kidding? I can't remember
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