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"It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away." —Bee Gees

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson

While I am in fact often in a hurry as the title of this book says, I probably would have been better suited to a book called Astrophysics for Dummies. Physics has never been my forte, so some of the more complicated stuff in this book felt a bit out there for me, both literally and figuratively. Yet I still appreciate Tyson's effort, with his light touches of humor, to bring astrophysics closer to the everyday person who might just be a little curious about the universe. Now I feel like revisiting my city's planetarium to refresh my connection to the cosmos.

"We do not simply live in this universe. The universe lives within us."