Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

(1958) science communicator United States

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[Wikidata] American astrophysicist and science communicator... | [Wikipedia] Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Pla

About Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003.

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Awards:

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal|Hubbard Medal|NAS Public Welfare Medal|Science Writing Award|Knight Innovation Award|Carl Sandburg Literary Award|Stephen Hawking Medal For Science Communication|Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry|Isaac Asimov Science Award|Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach

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