Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (W. W. Norton, 2017)
Summary: A brisk and informed tour of the universe and the author's "cosmic perspective." High-level discussions of dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and everything else.
Key Quote: "Just because galaxies are in your face, and just because they would have us believe that nothing else matters, the universe may nonetheless contain hard-to-detect things between the galaxies. Maybe those things are more interesting, or more important to the evolution of the universe, than the galaxies themselves." - p. 62
Bottom Line: Read this book if you've heard of all the terms mentioned in the table of contents but don't quite know what they all mean.
