In Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, he [Neil deGrasse Tyson] shares his awe, encapsulating everything known about the universe in 12 brief chapters, and giving a memorable spin to standard facts. So I would most definitely listen to it again, because I believe their would be something new to takeaway each time, whether it be knowledge or perspective. And that would be the last gasp of a visionary new culture that could once again embrace, rather than fear, the cosmic perspective. As he explains in the preface, that’s Tyson’s very goal: to make you “ culturally conversant in [his] field of expertise.

The similarities we share with the universe can only make us wonder: What if there are other things we have in common, such as life? Would the Tyson that appeared on its pages be the one that offered a graceful, elegant view of the cosmos, or the snarky, sometimes even combative one that appears on social media? But also, how amazing is it that we can find this stuff out from our little speck of a planet in the suburbs of Nowheresville, Milky Way Galaxy?I remember reading other books written by astrophysicists, like Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, Trinh Xuan Thuan’s The Secret Melody or Hubert Reeves’ Patience dans l'azur. I have enjoyed so many other books on the topic, and it's nice to dwell upon the infinite, but find another book for that. If our solar system were contained in a sphere, all the mass from the Sun, planets, and moons would take up only one trillionth of the space. Since the first movie I saw in the theater was a rerelease of Star Wars sometime in the early 80s, space has always given me a sense of wonder.

His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid “13123 Tyson. We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us. Filled with wonderful ideas -- galaxies devouring dwarf galaxies, massive radio telescopes, a fun run through the periodic table of elements, comets, a study of time --so much is packed into just over 200 pages! Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most remarkable scientists of our time, having devoted a large part of his work to popularise astrophysics, one of the most counterintuitive of all fields of science. In the first trillionth of a second, the laws of physics emerged, but it took 380,000 years before light could separate from matter and things became visible.He bridges that gigantic gulf between the bleeding edge of science and the average person's attention span (not an easy task). Dare we admit that our thoughts and behaviors spring from a belief that the world revolves around us?

The End of the World — Again offers an original, exciting, and (for some) terrifying critique of culture in 2012 and beyond. The cosmic perspective opens our minds to extraordinary ideas but does not leave them so open that our brains spill out, making us susceptible to believing anything we’re told. For those who can embrace their non-centrality and possible meaninglessness in a majestic universe, yet yearn for a shared destiny in a sane planetary civilization, Specter of the Monolith is a wonderful and inspiring work. However, it is chock full of scientific information about the universe, electrons, neutrinos, etcetera. Einstein thought the universe was stable, so he added a constant to his equations that kept gravity from collapsing everything.In 2004, Tyson was once again appointed by President Bush to serve on a nine-member commission on the Implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy, dubbed the “Moon, Mars, and Beyond” commission. The group of physicists that came to age during the nuclear age also achieved a near rockstar-level reputation and noteriety (Oppenheimer, Fermi, Feynman, etc). If you are still wondering how to get free PDF EPUB of book Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson.