Neil De Grasse Tyson: Difference between revisions

▲{{quote| ''"If you are scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you. There's a lot we understand out there, and that understanding '''empowers''' you."''}}

▲[[Carl Sagan]]'s [[Spiritual Successor|direct successor]] as "Coolest Scientist in America", which is appropriate, as Sagan was Tyson's mentor, and was to a degree responsible for Tyson becoming an astrophysicist in the first place.

▲Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Doctor Tyson is one of the scientists (along with Brian Cox, Phil Plait, Michio Kaku, [[Stephen Hawking]] and several others) who have taken up the task, largely pioneered by Sagan, of bringing easy-to-understand science to the general public. He's the host of PBS's science series ''Nova'', has written multiple books (all easily understood by laymen) about astrophysical phenomena, and is a frequent guest on ''[[The Daily Show]]'', ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', and ''[[Jeopardy (TV)|Jeopardy]]''. He also runs the ''Star Talk'' radio show, in which he and guest speakers discuss astronomy, science and science-fiction (often [[Lampshading]] [[Physics Goof|Physics Goofs]]).