Cosmic Queries — A Review

Cosmic Queries is a new book written by Neil DeGrasse Tyson and James Trefil and published by National Geographic. Find out how this book balances education and entertainment in a highly readable volume.

Science has a problem. We’ve assigned all the big questions of life to scientists. Still, we haven’t developed an effective way for specialists in scientific fields to tell their stories to everyday people.

Everyone feels a sense of wonder when they think about the grandeur of our Universe. As a result, we’ve all asked ourselves some fundamental questions from time to time.

I mean questions like, “What is our place in the Universe?”, “Are we alone in the Universe?” “How did it all begin?”

Humanity Relied on Storytellers

These questions go all the way back to prehistoric times. Up until the modern era, humanity relied on storytellers to provide the answers to these perennial questions.

I’ve always had a knack for telling stories but no particular aptitude for actually doing science. I’ve never had the orderliness for experimentation or the patience to learn the intricacies of the math correctly.