Reviews
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Donald Goldsmith, Neil deGrasse Tyson
yvan_noir's review against another edition
4.0
Libro indispensable para todo curioso sobre los métodos de la ciencia. Sin embargo, podría ser complicado para quien no esté familiarizado con términos especializados, (me incluyo).
Habla sobre el inicio del universo, de lo que lo compone, de los orígenes de las galaxias, de los planetas, y demás.
Eres uno con el cosmos.
Habla sobre el inicio del universo, de lo que lo compone, de los orígenes de las galaxias, de los planetas, y demás.
Eres uno con el cosmos.
annacantcook's review
5.0
Great book, easy to read that takes the reader on a journey of the origins of the universe. Starting with the big bang, all the way to the origins of the planets, life on the planets and ending with whether or not we will meet another civilization elsewhere in the universe.
countingstarsbycandlelight's review
4.0
SO I listened to this and am pretty sure I only understand one one thousandth of what I heard, but it was a fun listen!
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aterp's review
4.0
Pretty good, this book is part of Audible Included i.e. is "free" when subscribed on Audible. However, I'm not sure how well it really fits as an audiobook. The book contains a mix of commonly known information that most people with a modicum of interest in space will know, together with concepts that I found a bit more difficult to understand. The latter benefits from a mix of reading, thinking, reading, thinking, perhaps re-reading, etc, which is hard to do with audiobooks. Visually being able to see the numbers being thrown out to the reader could also be helpful.
So consider picking this up in ebook format, but all that aside, it's a good book (not too long) with some interesting food for thought.
So consider picking this up in ebook format, but all that aside, it's a good book (not too long) with some interesting food for thought.
jamietherebelliousreader's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars. Definitely enjoyed Astrophysics for People in a Hurry more than this one but it was still a really good listen. The narrator does a great job and it was very informative and interesting. I just really enjoy listening to this topic on audiobook. Don't ask me why, but it is really comforting and relaxing to me and I honestly cannot for the life of me explain why.
I recommend this book if you're into the subject, but again, like with Tyson's other book, this is not a starting place or introduction into the subject of Astrophysics. You're gonna need a little bit of knowledge but even if you don't know too much about it and still want to just jump in, go for the audiobook at least. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on another audiobook by Tyson because the guy is awesome and makes what could be a very confusing subject a whole lot of fun.
I recommend this book if you're into the subject, but again, like with Tyson's other book, this is not a starting place or introduction into the subject of Astrophysics. You're gonna need a little bit of knowledge but even if you don't know too much about it and still want to just jump in, go for the audiobook at least. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on another audiobook by Tyson because the guy is awesome and makes what could be a very confusing subject a whole lot of fun.