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About Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University, and has been director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City since 1996. He was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University from 1991 to 1994, then joined the planetarium as a staff scientist and also taught at Princeton as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. At the American Museum of Natural History, he founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate there since 2003.
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- “O my son Absalom,' Bean said softly, knowing for the first time the kind of anguish that could tear such word…”Orson Scott Card
- “Arrange your life in such a way that you don't make choices based on fear of God, instead of love of God.”Shannon L. Alder
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Explore Learning
- “The smartest and most successful people I know are the people who are constantly evolving, always learning. I…”Stephanie Ruhle
- “Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar…”John Jay Chapman
- “My favorite way of learning for acting has been doing it, not talking about it.”Joan Allen
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Books by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
2017
Letters from an Astrophysicist
2020
Origins
2004
Welcome to the Universe
2016
The Pluto Files
2008