"America's Past, Present and Future in Space"FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of National History and Visiting Research Scientist and Lecturer at Princeton University. Dr. Tyson published the first of six books on astronomy and astrophysics in 1988. His latest two books are the playful and informative Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto's planetary status. The PBS/NOVA documentary "The Pluto Files", based on the book, aired last year.
Dr. Tyson has appeared as the on-camera host of the PBS program NOVA scienceNOW, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.
His research interests include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of the Milky Way. To conduct his research, he uses telescopes all over the world as well as the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
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