Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

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1. max_Jul 2024
   1. Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil De Grasse Tyson

   2. Every book written by Harlow Shapley

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2. ishqdehlviApr 2024
   I can you can first start from this `Astrophysics for People in a hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson` or Cosmos by Carl Sagan's series. Both will be a good starter for you
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3. veidrNov 2023
   "AI Godfather" is... pretty fucking ludicrous. Prominent figure, notable researcher? Sure.

   But it's like calling Neil deGrasse Tyson (who I enjoy a lot; Astrophysics for People In A Hurry was great) the "Godfather of Physics".

   Both "there's not one" and "anyway, if there were, he wouldn't be it" apply.

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4. petefordeJan 2020
   Yes!

   Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker

   Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

   Astrophysics For People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

   bonus round:

   Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

   Shoedog by Phil Knight

   The Death of Truth by Michiko Kakutani

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5. m10nSep 2018
   Best-selling authors seem to be aware of this trend, because I keep coming across excellent but very, very short non-fiction books. Among those I can remember reading and would recommend, these are published in the past <5 years and are <150 pages (or <5 hour audiobook):

   - Discrimination and Disparities By: Thomas Sowell

   - A Colony in a Nation: Chris Hayes

   - Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates

   (three very different takes on race relations in America)

   - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: Neil deGrasse Tyson

   - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics: Carlo Rovelli

   - When Breath Becomes Air: Paul Kalanithi

   - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century: Timothy Snyder

   - Requiem for the American Dream: The Principles of Concentrated Wealth and Power: Noam Chomsky

   - Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now: Jaron Lanier

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6. rahulbahugunaJul 2018
   couple of recommendations: Bill Bryson's A Brief History of Nearly Everything Neil Degrasse Tyson reading his own book, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space - By Carl Sagan Chaos by James Gleick
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