Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

I listened to the audio version of this book, narrated by Tyson himself. While it is helpful and charming to hear Tyson's enthusiasm for the subject, there are facts and figures that are harder to absorb when just hearing them spoken. How far from Earth is Uranus again? I kind of wish I'd had the printed book to refer to (not that I really need to be able to repeat those facts). Also, I've read other work by Tyson and this is somewhat repetitive–how many times do you have to hear how vast the universe is to grasp how insignificant humans are?–but it IS a useful summary of the cosmic system and how our understanding got to this point. I especially liked the reflections in the last chapter.