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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

director, Hayden Planetarium

http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Pluto Files

Neil deGrasse Tyson

February 25, 2009

Paula Apsell interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, and about his work in astrophysics.

NASA's Vision for Human Space Exploration

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center, discuss NASA's Vision, the benefits and disadvantages of manned versus robotic missions, and whether we should be spending money on space-related projects instead of add

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2009)

Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2007)

Binding: Paperback, 384 pages

Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

Author: Donald Goldsmith, Neil Degrasse Tyson

Publisher: W. W. Norton (2005)

Binding: Paperback, 352 pages

The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

Author: Neil De Grasse Tyson, Tyson Neil De Grasse, Neil de Grasse Tyson

Publisher: Prometheus Books (2004)

Binding: Paperback, 203 pages

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