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federk's review against another edition
His name is so much bigger than the title in the cover lol
Idk I felt sort of a superiority complex coming through in his writing even though he writes about knowing about the universe keeps him humble
This doesn't take away from the content of the book, intersting indeed. I first read this book when I was a junior in high school, about 7 years ago. I twas intersting then and its intersting now
How the cosmic microwave background was discovered was a good story RIP pigeon poop
The chemistry bit was a bit boring in my opinion, could have been written better not just listing every element and describing it a little.
Knowing about Lambda from Einstein's equation was intersting, he really was a genius
I also did not know/remember of how infrared was discovered (and ultraviolet!)
Dark matter and dark energy spooky but cool
hYdRoGeN iS sO aBuNdAnT
Idk I felt sort of a superiority complex coming through in his writing even though he writes about knowing about the universe keeps him humble
This doesn't take away from the content of the book, intersting indeed. I first read this book when I was a junior in high school, about 7 years ago. I twas intersting then and its intersting now
How the cosmic microwave background was discovered was a good story RIP pigeon poop
The chemistry bit was a bit boring in my opinion, could have been written better not just listing every element and describing it a little.
Knowing about Lambda from Einstein's equation was intersting, he really was a genius
I also did not know/remember of how infrared was discovered (and ultraviolet!)
Dark matter and dark energy spooky but cool
hYdRoGeN iS sO aBuNdAnT
abbyprinceatwood's review against another edition
5.0
A quick, fascinating read! Everyone should read this!
greg_m's review against another edition
5.0
Neat little book with a few snapshots into the wild and wacky field of studying the universe. I still am flabbergasted over the chapter about dark energy, when Tyson said that the repulsive force they generate can accelerate galaxies away from us to velocities faster than light. If someone had told me that a week ago I would have laughed at them, but there it is. What an amazing place we live in.
nicole_minerva's review against another edition
4.0
Amazing!!! Just like an episode of Cosmos! Also the cover is gorgeous!