Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Learned some things I didn't know.

The book has a bit of a strange tempo. Sometimes I needed a more in-depth explanation, and other times it felt long-winded.

“Looking more closely at Earth's atmospheric fingerprints, human biomarkers will also include sulfuric, carbonic, and nitric acids, and other components of smog from the burning of fossil fuels. If the curious aliens happen to be socially, culturally, and technologically more advanced than we are, then they will surely interpret these biomarkers as convincing evidence for the absence of intelligent life on Earth.”