Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Review ''Masterly....A sublime introduction to some of the most exciting ideas in astrophysics that will leave readers wanting more.'' --Kirkus (starred review) ''Even readers normally adverse to anything to do with physics or chemistry will find Tyson's wittily delivered explanations compelling and disarmingly entertaining.'' --Booklist ''Tyson gives us a short and sweet explanation of the nature of space and time and how we mesh with the universe at large.'' --Library Journal  About the Author Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. From 2006 to 2011, he hosted the educational science television show NOVA ScienceNow on PBS and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show,  The Colbert Report,  Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy. In March 2014, he became host of the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, an update of Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Tyson has written several nonfiction books, including Death by Black Hole, which was a New York Times bestseller.