Book review
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
In brief
A short, positive note on Tyson’s introduction to the universe, its elements, and cosmic scale. Floris especially values the wider perspective that looking beyond Earth can offer on human life.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a great short (3.5h) introduction to astrophysics. It touches upon the size of the universe, the elements and where they originate from, and gives us humans a somewhat larger perspective.
One thing that was interesting/new to me was that the rate at which stars move away from us (making our ‘reachable’ universe (imagined as an inflating balloon) smaller, is quite slow. At a few stars per year (of the billions).