Astrophysics for People in a Hurry – Neil deGrasse Tyson’s #1 Bestseller
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Universe Explained in Your Coffee Break
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.6/5 (37,338 reviews) | 4.1 on Goodreads (203,706 ratings) | #1 Best Seller
📚 Quick Facts
- Pages: 224
- Publisher: W. W. Norton
- Published: May 2, 2017
- Format: Hardcover
- Price: $8.57 – $10.58
- Sales: 1+ million copies
⚡ The Universe in Bite-Sized Chapters
Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than Neil deGrasse Tyson.
But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day. While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.
💬 “We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.”
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (Highlighted by 9,116+ readers)
✨ What Makes This Book Special
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Perfect for Busy Lives
Bite-sized chapters perfect for coffee breaks and commutes
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Sparkling Wit
Tyson’s trademark humor makes complex science entertaining
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Essential Knowledge
Everything you need to understand cosmic headlines
🌠 From Big Bang to Quantum Mechanics
- 💥 The Big Bang — Universe in a trillionth of a period
- 🕳️ Black holes — Where gravity wins everything
- ⚛️ Quarks — The smallest building blocks
- 🌌 Dark matter — The invisible universe
- 💫 Quantum mechanics — Reality at the smallest scale
- 🪐 Planet hunting — Search for other worlds
- 👽 Life in universe — Are we alone?
- ⚡ Speed of light — The cosmic speed limit
💭 What Readers Are Saying
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“Neil deGrasse Tyson makes a big bang with Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Perfect for busy people who want to understand the universe without getting lost in complex equations.”
— Vanity Fair
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“Tyson is a master of streamlining and simplification, taking mind-bogglingly complex ideas, stripping them down to their nuts and bolts, and making them accessible to the layperson.”
— Salon
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“Infectiously enthusiastic, humorous and, above all, accessible. Reading Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is both a humbling and exhilarating experience.”
— BookPage
Understand the Universe in Your Coffee Break
Join over a million readers who’ve discovered the cosmos through Tyson’s accessible brilliance. #1 bestseller in Astronomy & Astrophysics—perfect for busy lives.
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