Neil DeGrasse Tyson released Astrophysics for People in a Hurry in 2017 in an effort to inform us normal people. We get a front row seat to the events immediately after the big bang, framing how the universe came to be so complex. Do not be fooled, this is not an explanation on why things are the way they are. This is simply an astrophysicist’s explanation of what we know thus far.