Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Thorndike Press Large Print Lifestyles) - Hardcover

Tyson, Neil DeGrasse

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1432843524 ISBN 13: 9781432843526

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print, 2017

The notable host of StarTalk reveals just what people 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. (science).

About the Author:

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. From 2006 to 2011, he hosted the educational science television show NOVA ScienceNow on PBS and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy. In March 2014, he became host of the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, an update of Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Tyson has written several nonfiction books, including Death by Black Hole, which was a New York Times bestseller.

Review:

"Masterly....A sublime introduction to some of the most exciting ideas in astrophysics that will leave readers wanting more."

Even readers normally adverse to anything to do with physics or chemistry will find Tyson's wittily delivered explanations compelling and disarmingly entertaining.

Masterly....A sublime introduction to some of the most exciting ideas in astrophysics that will leave readers wanting more.

A short and sweet explanation of the nature of space and time and how we mesh with the universe at large.

Tyson is a master of streamlining and simplification....taking mind-bogglingly complex ideas, stripping them down to their nuts and bolts, padding them with colorful allegories and dorky jokes, and making them accessible to the layperson

This may have been written for people in a hurry, but I urge you to take your time. It will all be over far too soon.

Tyson manifests science brilliantly....[his] insights are valuable for any leader, teacher, scientist or educator.

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will blow your mind....it is awesome.

Engaging and illuminating.

This book will keep you fascinated with succinct and dynamic explanations of a wide variety of astronomical topics. A winner that every astronomy enthusiast should have on the bookshelf!--David J. Eicher

• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1432843524
• ISBN 13: 9781432843526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 365