Like you and most others, I do not have the time (or brain power) to contemplate the cosmos and learn everything that I can about it. And like 100% of you reading this, I am not an astrophysicist. Thankfully, Neil deGrasse Tyson has simplified the essentials down into a short book for us! The book provides a great introduction on a variety of topics “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.” You will at least know enough to impress that hot Tindr date or boost that ego around the office after reading this one! Is it any coincidence that Tyson was born the same week that NASA was founded? Did you just have a big bang moment in your head? Good. GOOD.

What I enjoyed the most about this book is how it entertained and informed at a level that left me wanting more and did not overwhelm me and put me in a state where I completely zoned out. Sometimes a topic can be so over your head or heavy that you just give up completely. But Tyson keeps you on the hook the entire book.

I have read from a few people that this book was not so great because it is a consolidated version of some of his other books, so none of the information is really new. Well, I haven’t read any of his other books. Well eff that! I think I did it the right way because now I want to learn MORE and get his other books! It’s as if my mind was meant for Tyson to penetrate with his huge… amount of knowledge!

To sum up this review, I give Astrophysics For People In A Hurry 4 out of 5 stars. And I am glad I am not, in fact, an astrophysicist because it seems like I would have a lot of headaches…