Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and science communicator. He is also an author. Have you ever heard of him?
Yes I have, he also put out a book and has a TV show. Have you seen it?
I have not, but will check them out. He's also the Frederick P Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York.
Oh wow, I didn't know that. What is the Frederick P Rose Director?
Frederick P Rose was was an American real estate developer and philanthropist. The center is named for him.
That's interesting, I didn't know that. Have you ever been to a Planetarium?
I haven't, but spent some time with an astronomer once. Tyson actually became interested in astronomy after visiting the Hayden Planetarium, where he is now Director.
It's funny how he came full circle. I've always wanted to visit a planetarium.
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.
From 1995 to 2005, Tyson wrote monthly essays in the "Universe" column for "Natural History" magazine, some of which were later published in his books "
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson (; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose 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.
Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin,