Death By Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781433202117 (1433202115)
Publish date: April 1st 2007
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Minutes: 12
Edition language: English
I felt a little cheated by the title of this book, since the part that includes dying by black hole is close to the end of the book. After listening to that part, however; I understand why this book is called that. It's a very intense and disturbing image. I've listened to another of Tyson's b...
Tyson and only Tyson ( after the death of Carl Sagan ) can brings the cosmos down to earth , he is the hero of contemporary astrophysicists ,I am chasing him on YouTube , Star Talk and Twitter , unfortunately part of his book are unavailable here on the internet :/ This book is one of few books...
rosado> walkies!Apparently, this gentleman is often on the box in the corner (that isn't so funny anymore is it, now that the TV is never a box in the corner anymore.)Not about this book, more along the mode of listening: have you got the 'find friend' app? Small things amuse us here, I try an get t...
Seems like a collection of essays, but they are collected into larger topics and work well together. Death by Black Hole is only one of them; most are excellent and very accessible to the non-physicist. First I've read from Dr. Tyson; will read more in the near future!
Don't be fooled by the title! If your'e really interested in cosmic catastrophes I'd highly recommend Phil Plait's Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End.... If you've never watched PBS's Nova or had the chance to hear Tyson speak, you don't know what you're missing. Tyson is ...