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leasummer's review against another edition
4.0
If you like Mary Roach, you will like Katie Mack. She relays complex science and math in a funny and entertaining way that kept me engaged and helped me understand. I find it terrifying yet fascinating to think about the Universe. This book hit all those good science buttons.
onigirigiri's review against another edition
5.0
This took a decent amount of time to read, but man. How cool is learning about the end of everything?? I recently got to see a solar eclipse in the path of full totality, and damn, does that make you think about the end of the universe. I'm going to ramble on for a bit, so bear with me.
To begin, I wish I knew during my undergrad that I could have studied astrophysics. Second, I think the book does a great job of explaining the various ways the universe could end. While reading, I found myself thinking, “Haha! I don’t feel safe!” Katie Mack is excellent in taking this information and explaining it to the reader in a way that is not only entertaining, but it also makes sense.
(Even if I think every ending explained should be an installation in a museum that I can walk around explore and turn over until the reality of it all sinks into my brain)
Who knew that contemplating the possibilities of our universe's end could be such a beautiful experience
To begin, I wish I knew during my undergrad that I could have studied astrophysics. Second, I think the book does a great job of explaining the various ways the universe could end. While reading, I found myself thinking, “Haha! I don’t feel safe!” Katie Mack is excellent in taking this information and explaining it to the reader in a way that is not only entertaining, but it also makes sense.
(Even if I think every ending explained should be an installation in a museum that I can walk around explore and turn over until the reality of it all sinks into my brain)
Who knew that contemplating the possibilities of our universe's end could be such a beautiful experience
cara_ombd's review against another edition
I WILL FINISH IT, I just need something else right now. Really good though.
askiddo's review against another edition
4.0
I thought the topics were really interesting to me, I appreciated the way the author broke down really complex topics and made them understandable to me.
cody240fc's review against another edition
3.0
Mack does a wonderful job of dumbing things down for us. This relatively short book is packed full of info that is wholly new to me. While most of the book focuses on the future of our universe, Mack does give us a short intro into the birth and history of the universe that served as a nice refresher course for those of us who haven't discussed this topic since high school. Quite a bit will go over your head, but you won't feel as though you are drowning in quantum physics talk. High three stars. If I had to nitpick, I would say I wish Mack didn't reach for a corny laugh every paragraph. I get it, astrophysics can be dry, but she overdoes it quite a bit with the nerd humor.
lenawilmak's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
nessiemonster's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Definitivamente deprimente. E muito bom. Rekindled a minha vontade de estudar Física seriamente :)