Astrophysics for People in a Hurry + Fly, Barbara
“Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Neil deGrasse Tyson is an overview of astrophysics indeed for beginners. Tyson’s clear and clean writing style made this subject matter very digestible. But… for a 100% novice like myself, it was kind of like hitting a piñata. Super fun to do, but you rarely make contact or have a clue what you are aiming for. It was super interesting, but I felt like most of it went way over my head. That being said, when I did get a tidbit, I was SUPER excited and intrigued. It is one of those books where you just keep swinging at it and seeing what you hit. (Published by W.W. Norton Company)
Fly, Barbara
(As seen on Instagram via @bipolarbartender)
For a book on this cosmic level, you can only get a cocktail that shoots for the stars. Or will drown your ignorance… whatever works for you. Neil deGrasse Tyson works to take something complex and almost magical and strips it down to ingestible segments. Fly, Barbara is a drink that takes the delicious simplicity of a vodka soda and elevates it with a little rhubarb simple syrup. I swear keeping a cocktail simple, yet still surprising is the same thing as writing about astrophysics. Okay, maybe not, but if I drink enough of these I will feel like my head is in the stars.
Fly, Barbara
- 1.5oz Chopin Vodka
- 1.5oz Rhubarb Simple Syrup
- Lime
- Soda Water
Put it all in a glass, fill with ice, squeeze in some lime slices, and top up with soda water. Give it a stir and start reading about how the world was created.
“Every cup that passes through a single person and eventually rejoins the world’s water supply holds enough molecules to mix 1,500 of them into every other cup of water in the world. No way around it: some of the water you just drank passed through the kidneys of Socrates, Genghis Khan, and Joan of Arc. ”
