An excellent book to get acquinted with the basics
5 stars
I read the book to know about the basics of astrophysics.
Hardcover, 200 pages
Català language
Published November 2017 by Edicions 62.
Astrofísica per a gent amb presses
4 stars
(43 reviews)
Els principis essencials de l’univers a l’abast de tothom. El passat, el present i el futur de l’univers en un llibre que ens desxifra les claus del cosmos d’una manera de tot accessible i comprensible. Quina és la naturalesa de l’espai i el temps? Com funciona l’univers? Quin és el nostre lloc a l’univers? Com hi encaixem? Una introducció brillant i directa als conceptes bàsics de l’astrofísica–des dels bits constituents, a les forces i les lleis que ens regeixen, els científics pioners que van donar lloc a la mecànica quàntica, a la teoria de la relativitat o a l’energia darrere la matèria fosca–que ens permet entendre des del Big Bang fins als forats negres, les galàxies, i un llarg etcètera.
Packed with info
4 stars
Really good book about basics of astrophysics. Some may think that it pours information a bit too much. Thus some knowledge on the topic before hand, helps digest the book. Author describes the topics nicely and vividly making the book easy to read.
Review of 'Astrophysics for people in a hurry' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Review of 'Astrophysics for people in a hurry' on 'GoodReads'
4 stars
A fascinating survey of the wild and incredulous of astrophysics. The audio is read by the author, which was a pleasure and was particularly effective at conveying his passion and imagination for the subject.
Review of 'Astrophysics for people in a hurry' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This book is fabulous. I was half a chapter in when I asked for a highlighter to mark some of the more illuminating and well written passages. I can’t recommend it enough.
Review of 'Astrophysics for people in a hurry' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This is a book I'd meant to buy but didn't. Then I was futzing around on my library's home page and found that I could take out the audio version of this and hear it on my Kindle Fire, which I'd just bought (OK, I'm a late adopter to this, but I was emailing people in 1994, you know), so I downloaded it. It's not the kind of book you want to take in that way. Not that the science in it isn't friendly to non-scientists, i.e., pretty much everybody, but no matter how easy-to-digest such things are, you want to be able to read them at your own pace and, as or more importantly, re-read parts of them.
Review of 'Astrophysics for people in a hurry' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Neil does a fantastic job keeping this bite sized intro to astrophysics rolling along at a quick, and interesting, pace. Leaves you wanting more.
Review of 'Astrophysics for people in a hurry' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Fun, simple, and written in a nice conversational style.
