Raced through this book. Absolutely loved it. Such lucid, funny writing, broad coverage of topics, laughed out loud at some parts, great detail on science history. Honestly, will be recommending this to science folk and non-science alike.

A fascinating and relatively easy read about the origin of our universe. I'm not a physicist but I have a background in science and DeGrasse Tyson really helped fill in holes in my knowledge. DeGrasse Tyson's style of writing flows wonderfully.
I especially loved the last, more philosophical, essay.

I love Neil deGrasse Tyson and the way he so easily puts concepts into terms regular people can understand. I love how excited he gets about the universe. This short and simple book is a great get intro to our place in the universe. 

Also, watch the documentary "We are Stars" at your local planetarium if you get the chance (this book and that documentary go very well together). 

I ❤ science!

I always like reading Neil deGrasse Tyson because he makes science accessible and interesting to people who aren't particularly scientifically inclined. Also, he's funny. Despite the fact that I know pretty much nothing about astrophysics, I found this book highly readable and educational. It's exactly what it says it is. I really enjoyed it!

I love just about everything that Tyson has written; this one is not an exception.

NGT's demonstration of the universality of physical law using whipped cream is inspiring and just try to resist reading 'Yes, Einstein was a badass' in NGT's voice! This book is full of mind blowing speeds and distances and timescales and sizes. Tours of the periodic table and of the solar system's moons. There are lots of fantastic ideas but with a sobering thought at the end. Contemplating the stars does not have to make you forget what is going on right here on Earth.

In the spirit of Carl Sagan, and Tyson's own revival of Cosmos, this is friendly popular science, pitched to people who want to know not just about quarks, but why any everyday person should want to know about quarks. Tyson lays out the greatest changes in theory, from Newton to Einstein, things we still don't know (but can speculate about), and how scientists are using tools like the large hadron collider in attempts to find out.

A brief introduction to Astrophysics for those of us who find science a bit of a black hole.  It helps in the understanding by using explanations and terminology that easy to grasp.  An interesting and enjoyable read.