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"...the true gem of this book is how he [Tyson] posits
these phenomena; he somehow reveals a path through complex
thought and theory in astrophysics for the reader, depositing
enough detail to ponder upon, imploring us to consider possible
answers to these confounding questions for ourselves."
--Books of the Year, BBC Sky at Night Magazine
"The style is vintage Tyson - engaging, chatty and littered
with historical and linguistic anecdotes."
--Times Higher Education
"Certainly, if anyone can turn the public on to the subject [of
astrophysics], it is Neil deGrasse Tyson... In an increasingly
insular world, it is a welcome window onto a much bigger
picture."
--The Sunday Times
"By the fourth page we are only a trillionth of a second into
the history of the universe, but our guide is rattling along at
full speed...Tyson is[...]the world's best science communicator."
--Times Literary Supplement
"Its success reflects a broader appetite around the world for
science told with passion and conviction, outside of high school
textbooks."
--The Guardian
"DeGrasse Tyson undoes the yawn-inducing effect of school science
classes...The joy of this book is not just the awesome, sometimes
baffling, subject matter, but deGrasse Tyson's warmth and
humanity." --Irish Independent
"Written in a conversational style, this provides an accessible
and fascinating introduction to a mind-bending subject."
--Daily Mail
"Degrasse Tyson has a talent for making very complicated
concepts seem simple, and the a of content squeezed into one
short volume is impressive. He certainly knows his stuff. It
takes no time at all to romp through a chapter as the book is
written with humour and his descriptions verge on the poetic...If
you already like space or Degrasse Tyson, you will like this
book."
--Chemistry World
"...[an] essential guide to the universe...It's accessible and
eminently readable in Carlo Rovelli vein."
--The Bookseller
"...Tyson is a hugely engaging and charismatic teacher." --The
Sunday Times
"Tyson is an excellent communicator. He speaks plainly and
engages his audience with a keen wit and references to popular
culture....Consider Astrophysics for People in a Hurry as a
taster menu of a dozen courses, each serving a small morsel, a
nugget, of knowledge to relish and to share."
--BookWitty
"This collection of essays...toes the line between
entertainment and interest brilliantly, never getting too bogged
down in fine detail...an excellent collection and well worth your
time - even if you're in a hurry."."
--How It Works Magazine
"Masterly...A sublime introduction to some of the most exciting
ideas in astrophysics that will leave readers wanting more."
--Kirkus Reviews
From the Inside Flap
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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.