A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour

I have never been a good student of science because all the concepts seemed too advanced for me to comprehend. The components of the universe are seemingly endless, but the three astrophysicists do a good job of making the composition easy to understand. The two most abundant elements in the universe are hydrogen and helium. Stars are made up of hydrogen and helium. I might sound ignorant, but I did not know that stars generated heat. I have a new respect for stars, upon learning this. This book motivates me to want learn what else contains hydrogen and helium in the universe.The universe is also composed of substances called dark energy and dark matter. Dark energy is a vacuum like force that contains positive energy and negative pressure. Dark energy is the force is that causes the universe to expand. Dark matter are particles with a gravitational force that sucks in everything I also learned that there are moons on Jupiter and Saturn. These moons are called Europa and Enceladus. respectively. All the insights in this book are fascinating to learn. I have a greater appreciation for science because of this book.

Its pretty good :> I liked it

this is an interesting book. unless you are a physicist, I suggest not getting too caught up in the details and stick to the generalizations. pretty amazing information and actually, fairly basic explanations. I'm enjoying it.

Bought this fory high school age nephew who is really enjoying his astronomy class.

This book is a really good introduction and super interesting. It is the science bible. After finishing it, one should continue to research the universe and how it works.

Explained rather than lectured

Oh this isn't Bill Bryson's "a short history of nearly everything" It's still a pretty good book However I wish it was a little bit longer.

Seriously, this book is concise and interesting. It's a fairly relaxed read, even though the content it informative. The information within this book is just completely mind blowing. It covers the inner workings of our universe and touches on a huge number of topics. Highly recommend.

What an excellent book. Anything by Neil Degtass Tyson is a good read for me. I have the book in paperback but my vision is getting old and I need bigger print. The ebook did the job.

Very readable and succinct.

le scoperte e le teorie viste nel corso della mia vitadanno il capogiro

Fantastic reading, easy to understand

Not for me