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A review by rossbm
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
2.0
(read/listened as audiobook)
What's it about?
Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist, presents five possible universe ending scenarios. Recurring concepts that are presented throughout, and the scenarios are, to a certain extent, a framing device for the different astrophysics concepts and theories. The audio book is just longer than 6 hours.
What did I think?
I like the book, but I found it hard to follow. Obviously the book doesn't go into the math or details, but it was still hard to follow. There's a lot of information coming at you. The same concepts repeat multiple times which is helpful, but I still found that a lot of it flew over my head. Part of that may because I listened to it 1.5x times speed while going on walks and cleaning up around the house. Compared to NDT Astrophysics for people in a hurry, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) is denser.
A main takeway is that the universe is likely most likely going to suffer a heat death due an acclerating expansion caused by dark energy. I found the idea that we are literally looking back in time when we look at far away things, and that if we could look at something far enough away, we could see the big bang.
What's it about?
Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist, presents five possible universe ending scenarios. Recurring concepts that are presented throughout, and the scenarios are, to a certain extent, a framing device for the different astrophysics concepts and theories. The audio book is just longer than 6 hours.
What did I think?
I like the book, but I found it hard to follow. Obviously the book doesn't go into the math or details, but it was still hard to follow. There's a lot of information coming at you. The same concepts repeat multiple times which is helpful, but I still found that a lot of it flew over my head. Part of that may because I listened to it 1.5x times speed while going on walks and cleaning up around the house. Compared to NDT Astrophysics for people in a hurry, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) is denser.
A main takeway is that the universe is likely most likely going to suffer a heat death due an acclerating expansion caused by dark energy. I found the idea that we are literally looking back in time when we look at far away things, and that if we could look at something far enough away, we could see the big bang.