Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

No cover — Neil deGrasse Tyson: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Blackstone Publishing)

Digital Audio

English language

Published May 2, 2017 by Blackstone Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-1-5384-0805-6

(8 reviews)

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a 2017 popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson, centering around a number of basic questions about the universe. Published on May 2, 2017, by W. W. Norton & Company, the book is a collection of Tyson's essays that appeared in Natural History magazine at various times from 1997 to 2007.The book debuted at #1 on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list when it first appeared in May, 2017. It sold 48,416 copies in its first week, making it the second-most-purchased overall in the U.S. for that week (behind the children's fiction novel The Dark Prophecy). A year later, it remained in the top five and had sold in excess of one million copies.

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4 stars

NOTE: If soothing voices lull you to sleep, do not listen to this book. Read a paper copy instead. I had a really hard time staying awake during this book, and not because the narrative, tone, or subject matter wasn't interesting. Quite the opposite, actually. But Neil deGrasse Tyson's voice is just so dang smooth I couldn't help but fall asleep.

Also, despite this book's attempt to bring Astrophysics to the masses, I still found some of the content difficult to grasp. Scientist, I am not. But I liked it, and would love to read it again, this time in print.