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Summary of Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson
This isn't the main book, and it's not meant to take its place. However, Jerry Ash has calmly and brilliantly produced a SUMMARY
• Simplifies the author's point and relays it.
• Written in plain English that individuals of all literacy levels can understand.
• Completely outlines several important ideas that you could have missed.
• It is time and money efficient while yet being valuable.
About the Original Book
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time—war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race—in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.
In a time when our political and cultural views feel more polarized than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin chariots of enlightenment—a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.
After thinking deeply about how science sees the world and about Earth as a planet, the human brain has the capacity to reset and recalibrates life’s priorities, shaping the actions we might take in response. No outlook on culture, society, or civilization remains untouched.
With crystalline prose, Starry Messenger walks us through the scientific palette that sees and paints the world differently. From insights on resolving global conflict to reminders of how precious it is to be alive, Tyson reveals, with warmth and eloquence, an array of brilliant and beautiful truths that apply to us all, informed and enlightened by knowledge of our place in the universe.
• Simplifies the author's point and relays it.
• Written in plain English that individuals of all literacy levels can understand.
• Completely outlines several important ideas that you could have missed.
• It is time and money efficient while yet being valuable.
About the Original Book
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time—war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race—in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.
In a time when our political and cultural views feel more polarized than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin chariots of enlightenment—a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.
After thinking deeply about how science sees the world and about Earth as a planet, the human brain has the capacity to reset and recalibrates life’s priorities, shaping the actions we might take in response. No outlook on culture, society, or civilization remains untouched.
With crystalline prose, Starry Messenger walks us through the scientific palette that sees and paints the world differently. From insights on resolving global conflict to reminders of how precious it is to be alive, Tyson reveals, with warmth and eloquence, an array of brilliant and beautiful truths that apply to us all, informed and enlightened by knowledge of our place in the universe.
28 pages, Paperback
Published December 13, 2022
About the author
Jerry Ash
6 books12 followersJerry Ash has written eight books ranging from histories to business management. Hellraiser — Mother Jones: An Historical Novel is his first historical novel intended for the mass market.
He has completed a novel titled Latent Images that is planned for release in 2014.
A coalminer’s son, he is a native of Bridgeport, West Virginia, located in the center of the northern coalfields referred to in his book.
Among his published books is West Virginia USA, 1976, which was co-authored with AP feature writer Strat Douthat. It was a chapter written by Douthat that introduced Jerry to Mother Jones.
Jerry holds a masters degree in journalism from West Virginia University and was an assistant professor of journalism there for seven years.
In the 1970s, he was editor and co-publisher of a small town weekly newspaper in Terra Alta, West Virginia, The Preston County News, which won forty state and national awards during those years. At the same time he co-founded the Pioneer Press of West Virginia.
In the 1980s he was elected to two terms as a West Virginia State Senator. After leaving the Senate he became vice president of the West Virginia Hospital Association and then president and CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association.
After a stint as executive director of Lifegift Organ Donation Centers in Houston, Fort Worth, Lubbock and Amarillo,Texas, in the 1990s, he worked as an independent business consultant and became known worldwide for his expertise in the field of knowledge management. He was editor of Knowledge Management Magazine in London, England, before retiring in 2010.
He and his wife Michele live in Sun City Center, Florida, where Jerry rides his motorcycle to bluegrass music concerts and jamborees all over the state. He is a competitive tennis player and avid reader.
He has completed a novel titled Latent Images that is planned for release in 2014.
A coalminer’s son, he is a native of Bridgeport, West Virginia, located in the center of the northern coalfields referred to in his book.
Among his published books is West Virginia USA, 1976, which was co-authored with AP feature writer Strat Douthat. It was a chapter written by Douthat that introduced Jerry to Mother Jones.
Jerry holds a masters degree in journalism from West Virginia University and was an assistant professor of journalism there for seven years.
In the 1970s, he was editor and co-publisher of a small town weekly newspaper in Terra Alta, West Virginia, The Preston County News, which won forty state and national awards during those years. At the same time he co-founded the Pioneer Press of West Virginia.
In the 1980s he was elected to two terms as a West Virginia State Senator. After leaving the Senate he became vice president of the West Virginia Hospital Association and then president and CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association.
After a stint as executive director of Lifegift Organ Donation Centers in Houston, Fort Worth, Lubbock and Amarillo,Texas, in the 1990s, he worked as an independent business consultant and became known worldwide for his expertise in the field of knowledge management. He was editor of Knowledge Management Magazine in London, England, before retiring in 2010.
He and his wife Michele live in Sun City Center, Florida, where Jerry rides his motorcycle to bluegrass music concerts and jamborees all over the state. He is a competitive tennis player and avid reader.
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