Astrophysics for People In A Hurry - Summarized for Busy People: Based on the Book by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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What is the true nature of the fabrics of spacetime? Where does humankind belong in the grand scheme of the universe? How exactly is the universe alive within us? Let renowned astrophysicist and acclaimed author Neil deGrasse Tyson guide you through these baffling mysteries of the cosmos.
In the modern day, so few people spend their time to contemplate the secrets of the universe. Tyson offers us a closer look at the heavens, with brevity and wit, in twelve comprehensible chapters you can read anytime, anywhere.
As you brew your morning coffee or as you wait for your bus ride to work, this book provides just more than enough for you to be fluent in the complex subject of the cosmos. From the Big Bang to supermassive black holes, from general relativity to quantum theory, and from the quest for exoplanets to the quest for extraterrestrial life—Astrophysics for People in a Hurry guarantees to fill you in and bring you up to date.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The vast expanse of the universe is certainly daunting. Can one really find out what it is actually made of and how it came to be? In the grand scheme of the cosmos, where do humans truly belong? Many people will consider answering these questions as beyond their capacity; the unfathomable which can only be grasped by minds like that of Einstein and Newton. In Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, renowned author and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson demonstrates how the secrets of the cosmos are within reach of the simply curious minds.
Humorous and enlightening, Neil deGrasse Tyson proves to be indeed an outstanding educator in science and astrophysics. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry tackles the history of the universe—from the Big Bang up to the discoveries of dark energy and dark matter in the modern era. Found within the twelve brief yet comprehensible chapters are fascinating facts about Earth, the Milky Way, what lies beyond, and the interconnection of the existing universal order.
CHAPTER SUMMARIES
Chapter 1: The Greatest Story Ever Told
It began fourteen billion years ago: the entire universe was contained in a single dot. This extremely condensed matter-energy aggregate ultimately expanded in an event now known as the Big Bang. The Big Bang created a soup of the fundamental elements known today: bosons (such as photons), leptons (such as neutrinos and electrons), quarks, as well as their corresponding antimatter equivalents.