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Neil deGrasse Tyson, born October 5, 1958, is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He serves as the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. Tyson gained widespread recognition as the host of the television series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" (2014), a sequel to Carl Sagan's 1980 series. more Neil deGrasse Tyson, born October 5, 1958, is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He serves as the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. Tyson gained widespread recognition as the host of the television series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" (2014), a sequel to Carl Sagan's 1980 series. In 2004, he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. Tyson has authored several best-selling books, including "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" (2017), which provides a concise overview of the universe's complexities. He also played a key role in the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet, a topic he explores in his book "The Pluto Files" (2009). less

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"The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is a noble venture."
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"We owe our civilization to the curiosity of our ancestors, who never stopped questioning."
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"A true scientist looks to understand not just the answers, but the methods behind them."
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"To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of nonsense."
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"We are all connected; to each other, biologically; to the earth, chemically; and to the rest of the universe, atomically."
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