Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry Quotes

“the universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“If everything is so bright, there will be no place for light.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics For People In A Hurry

“Personally, I am quite comfortable with chemicals. My favorite stars, as well as my best friends, are all made of them.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“Gravity is a marvelous force, but a troubling one.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“the universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“The cosmic perspective helps us to see beyond our circumstances, allowing us to realize that life is about more than money, popularity, clothes, sports, or even grades.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“The cosmic perspective enables us to grasp, in the same thought, the large and the small, from a universe that began in a space far tinier than the period at the end of this sentence to one that is now many billions of light-years across.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“But really we are one with the rest of nature, fitting neither above nor below, but within.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“The Coma cluster is also what we call a “relaxed” system. Please resist the image of a group of galaxies kicking back and listening to smooth jazz.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“The cosmic perspective is humble.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“At this point, the particles came in two types, called quarks—which rhymes with marks—and leptons. Quarks are quirky beasts. You’ll never catch a quark all by itself; it will always be clutching others nearby. I’m sure you have at least one friend or classmate who behaves similarly. Quarks are like those kids who never want to do anything alone, not even walk to the restroom.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“The cosmic perspective shows us that the very atoms and particles that make up our bodies are spread across the universe itself, making us one and the same.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“The cosmic perspective opens our minds to extraordinary ideas but does not leave them so open that our brains spill out, making us susceptible to believing anything we're told.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“And we know that every one of your body’s atoms can be traced back to the big bang and the ovens in the giant stars that launched their insides across the galaxies more than five billion years ago.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“We can almost see back to the very beginning of the universe.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“Had Herschel succeeded, the planet list would read: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and George.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“The combination of hungry galaxies, runaway stars, and superheated gas clouds certainly makes intergalactic space an interesting place. Add in those super-duper high-energy charged particles and the mysterious vacuum energy, and one could argue that all the fun in the universe happens between the galaxies rather than within them.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“black”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“instruments”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“thumbnail”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“basically”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“frenemy.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

“various”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry