the end of everything astrophysically speaking book review

Katie Mack lays out and discusses the five more prevalent theories about the death of the universe. The universe, as we know it, is unfathomably large. I’d say that is a stylistic choice utilised to appeal to millennials and younger generations, but a simple scroll through the author’s Twitter feed will reveal that no, that is just her personality, committed into book form. Katie Mack’s writing is disarming, often veering away into a stream-of-consciousness narrative that dabbles in pop culture, witty observations and somehow weaving that back into an earlier discussion on, say, cosmic background microwave radiation. It is approachable, with every argument well-explained to the point where one gets it-the downside of this approachability, of course, is that this book will likely not be as enjoyable for someone with prior knowledge on cosmology and how our universe works.įor the uninitiated, however, there is oodles to learn about things at a scope so immense human beings seem not to even matter. This book, however, gracefully waltzes around those common issues.

Science books, even the bestselling ones, are difficult reads, requiring frequent pauses as one hops online to understand new concept upon new concept (looking at you, A Brief History of Time). The End of Everything sets out to be a popular science book and it is just that. What I can instead do is talk about whether the book succeeds in what it sets out to do.

Katie Mack knows what she is writing about. Katie Mack is amazing-her famous tweet in response to some random internet man asking her to learn ‘actual science’ was one of my earliest introductions to the concept of mansplaining, for which I am eternally grateful but that also means that I know I have no business to be discussing what the book is about. End of review.įor the folks more on the fence about diving into a potentially dense topic with a lot of jargon, you may have noticed that my focus has primarily been on the author and not the contents of the book. All of which make The End of Everything ( Astrophysically Speaking) an easy recommendation for anyone curious about finding out how this universe ends. She also knows how to make a complex, technical subject easy to read and understand. The end of everything, astrophysically speaking, is a fantastic discussion, caveat being that you really need to know what you are talking about. The end of everything, philosophically speaking, is a great discussion. The end of everything, metaphysically speaking, is an interesting discussion.

Step aside fiction authors-you no longer hold the monopoly on great opening sentences. Katie Mack achieves all that in the opening line of a book on astrophysics. The drama, the shock, the evocative feelings Dr.

The end of everything astrophysically speaking book review