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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Author: Tyson, Neil Degrasse
ISBN: 9780393609394
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Publisher,WW Norton & Co
Publication Date,
Format, Paperback
Weight, 272.16 g
No. of Pages, 222

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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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Dalshna Kumar
Astrophysics for people in a hurry

Riveting, exciting nugget of a book :) I loved it! Made me appreciate the universe and its journey a whole lot more. NdT is a great educator!

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Nurulidayu Mohamed
Simplified version of heavy topic in physics

Reading this book reminded me of things I'd forgotten and taught me a lot of new things. It had me wrestling with chemistry and physics which generally go over my head , but it had me wrestling. He never lost me and I never gave up trying to understand parts that are heavy in physics. Neil is the one you want as your guide to the basics of astronomy which among all the sciences has the most to discover. How exciting! Reading this been an educational, enchanting and uplifting experience. This book deserve 5 star!

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Tiong Yong Keu
ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY

What a well-rounded and lovely book, I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know more but doesn’t have a degree in the sciences or maths! It really does cover the lot, everything you could want to know about astrophysics (aka space and sciencey stuff!). It is well thought out with nice neat chapters covering the different areas, which range from the very small to the very large, a bit of history and some modern information and facts too of course. All explained in a really friendly down to earth way (excuse the pun) making the complicated stuff as uncomplicated as possible. I think this really is a book for everyone (they should give it out in schools) - if you don’t understand it all then that’s ok, you will have an idea and an understanding of it at least from this book. It really does seem to encompass all of an astrophysicists world in a nutshell – perhaps more. In my opinion the ending was not necessary, however I thought it was a nice touch, albeit a little preachy. Overall please do go and out find a copy of this book to read.

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Nurulidayu Mohamed
Simplified version of heavy topic in physics

Reading this book reminded me of things I'd forgotten and taught me a lot of new things. It had me wrestling with chemistry and physics which generally go over my head , but it had me wrestling. He never lost me and I never gave up trying to understand parts that are heavy in physics. Neil is the one you want as your guide to the basics of astronomy which among all the sciences has the most to discover. How exciting! Reading this been an educational, enchanting and uplifting experience. This book deserve 5 star!