A collection of two decades-worth of correspondences, this book reveals humanity’s fascination with the stars
The preface of Letters from an Astrophysicist starts by bemoaning that, thanks to social media and emojis, ‘letter-writing has become a lost art’. As a millennial who has consistently been scorned by older generations for any number of things that have been made simpler over the years, this was very much a ‘turn off’ phrase for me. Had I not already had some faith in author Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s writing, I might have stopped there. Now, having read the book in its entirety, I am very glad I persevered.