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

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A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works.

Propelling you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, this book builds your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously entertaining narrative. How do stars live and die? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Exploring these and many other questions, this pocket-friendly book is your passport into the wonders of our evolving cosmos.

Authors: Gott Richard, deGrasse Tyson Neil, Strauss Michael
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9780691219943
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2021

J. Richard Gott is professor emeritus of astrophysical sciences at Princeton. Twitter @JRichardGott

Neil deGrasse Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the author of many books, including Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, and the host of the Emmy-winning documentary Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

Michael A. Strauss is professor of astrophysics at Princeton University.

J. Richard Gott is professor emeritus of astrophysics at Princeton University. His other books include The Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe (Princeton).

Michael A. Strauss is professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University.

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