Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

 

Current Read: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Date Started: 01/06/25

Date Finished: 01/06/25    

Rating: ★★★★ 

I bought this book years ago at a library book sale because the title intrigued me. I have experience with the author from watching clips online - and admittedly seeing him referenced on The Big Bang Theory from my husband's many rewatches. The universe is an amazing thing (er, place?), that I have little knowledge of. I'm pretty much an Atheist, so everything that Dr. DeGrasse Tyson says is word for me. I wrongfully thought that listening to the audiobook (as read by the author) would help me understand this. Ha. No such luck! It's a short and condensed book that was clearly written by a very smart person for other very smart people. Now that isn't me taking a dig at my own intelligence! I'm a fairly intelligent person with a Master's Degree in Psychology. But this went wayyyy over my head. I'm lucky that the one thing that I took away from it is the difference between aluminum and tin foil! I'm going to have to try reading this by myself again, and at a much slower pace - chapter by chapter.