Looking for a book about space, but you don’t have “space” in your schedule to sit down and read a huge friggin’ textbook? Let Neil deGrasse Tyson, this generation’s Carl Sagan, be your guide through the cosmos. Want something even better? Have the author read it right to you! In more of a hurry than even the audiobook can handle? Speed that bad boy up to 2x and listen to this in under 2 hours!
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Format: Audiobook
Length: 4 hours (approx)
Read by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Published: May 2, 2017
Original Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Date Completed: January 29, 2024
My rating: 
Synopsis
Take a trip through the cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson. On this brief journey, you’ll learn a lot about this great, big, wondrous universe of ours.
Thoughts
This is a book for people in a hurry, so I’ll keep my thoughts brief: I liked it a lot.
Okay, maybe a little longer. I always enjoy books like this. Quick glimpses into the cosmos for the average person. A book written so you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand. I will always think of Carl Sagan as the godfather of popular (or popularizing) science due to his book and miniseries, Cosmos. But Neil deGrasse Tyson has firmly planted himself in my mind as the modern-day science popularizer (sort of how Bill Nye the Science Guy is the modern-day Mr. Wizard).
Conclusion
This was a great audiobook to listen to in an afternoon. It really runs the gamut of the cosmos in an easily digestible way. Easy 5 stars!
