Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Tyson was born in Manhattan as the second of three children, into a Catholic family living in the Bronx. [4] [5] His African-American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson (1927–2016), was a sociologist and human resource commissioner for New York City mayor John Lindsay, and the first director of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.
"Seth MacFarlane and Neil deGrasse Tyson present a unique and riveting glimpse at our universe in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Embracing science and all it has to offer, the docu-series is unapologetic in its somewhat controversial depiction of organized religion, but it extends an olive branch for creative thinking and plays with concepts of ...
Tyson then notes that humans have discovered means of harvesting solar power. At the 1878 World's Fair Augustin Mouchot won a gold medal for his solar power concentrator . In 1913 Frank Shuman constructed a solar powered irrigation plant in Egypt, with a view to transforming Sahara to arable land .
Tyson told AccuWeather that he first became interested in the wonders of the night sky at 9 years old after a formative visit to the very same New York City plane Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down to ...
Tyson tells Jackson, 'You're going to be the deepest thinking adult there ever was,' before giving perhaps the best answer to the age-old question. Neil DeGrasse Tyson answers 6-year-old's ...
“I’m implicated as an accessory to the demotion of Pluto,” the astrophysicist tells PEOPLE, explaining why they are upset
Tyson then proceeds to describe the discovery of cosmic rays by Victor Hess through high-altitude balloon trips, where radiation increased the farther one was from the surface. Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky , in studying supernovae , postulated that these cosmic rays originated from these events instead of electromagnetic radiation.
World-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson knows a thing or two about scientific literacy, and now he's sparking important dialogue about public health in the face of a global pandemic.. As ...