Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. He developed a fascination in space science at an early age and went on to study Astronomy and Astrophysics. In 1995, he began to writing for Natural History magazine.Natural History Magazine: The Cosmic Perspective Dr. Tyson is married with two children. He and his family live in New York City.
Notable Works
- 1989 Merlin's Tour of the Universe
- 1994 Universe Down to Earth
- 1998 Just Visiting This Planet
- 2000 One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos
- 2000 Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge
- 2002 City of Stars: A New Yorker's Guide to the Cosmos
- 2003 My Favorite Universe (A twelve part lecture series)
- 2004 Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (co-authored with Donald Goldsmith)
- 2004 The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
- 2007 Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries
- 2009 The Pluto Files; The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
Selected Awards and Degrees
- 1980: BA Physics Harvard University
- 1983: MA Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin
- 1991: PhD Astrophysics, Columbia University
- 2007: Klopsteg Memorial Award AAPT: Klopsteg Award
- 2007: Distinguished Service MedalNationmaster: NASA Medal
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Since 1966 the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden PlanetariumHayden Planetarium: Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural HistoryAMNH: American Museumof Natural History
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2002
Voted "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" by People magazine
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The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid after Dr. Tyson - "13123 Tyson."Daily Campus: Tyson Asteroid
