Genre: Nonfiction
Length: 224 pages
Audiobook Length: 3 hours and 41 minutes
First Published: 2017
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Publisher’s Description
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.
Quotes from astrophysics for people in a hurry
We do not simply live in this universe. The universe lives within us.
The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
In other words, after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.
About Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He currently lives in New York City. Visit the author’s website →
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