Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson (/ˈniːəl dəˈɡræs ˈtaɪsən/; born October 5, 1958) is an American astropheesicist, cosmologist, author, an science communicator.
Neil deGrasse Tyson | |
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 Tyson hostin the 40t anniversary celebration o Apollo 11 at the Naitional Air an Space Museum in Washington, Julie 2009 | |
| Born | 5 October 1958 Manhattan, New York Ceety, Unitit States |
| Alma mater | Harvard Varsity (A.B.) Varsity o Texas at Austin (M.A.) Columbia University (M.Phil., Ph.D.) |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Alice Young (1988–present; 2 bairns) |
| Awairds | NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (2004) Klopsteg Memorial Awaird (2007) Public Welfare Medal (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astropheesics, pheesical cosmology, science communication |
| Institutions | American Museum o Naitural History, PBS, Planetary Society |
| Thesis | A study o the abundance distributions alang the minor axis o the Galactic bulge (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | R. Michael Rich |
| Influences | Isaac Newton, Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein |
| Signatur |  |