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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Born in Manhattan, New York, he earned his doctorate in astrophysics in 1991 from Columbia University. He is best known in the popular media as the host of "Origins" a mini series on PBS and "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" on FOX television network and the National Geographic channel on cable TV.

American astrophysicist and science communicator

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5 October 1958

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sandra Martha Dolinsky, and María del Carmen Román de la Peña First published in 2017 — 15 editions

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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 2007 — 11 editions

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Letters from an Astrophysicist

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 2019 — 11 editions

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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 2022 — 10 editions

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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith, and Joan Soler Chic First published in 2004 — 10 editions

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Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gregory Mone, Levar Burton, and Gabrielle de Cuir First published in 2019 — 9 editions

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Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, J. Richard Gott, Michael A. Strauss, Michael Butler Murray, Richard Gott, and Francisco Manuel Vázquez Carracedo First published in 2016 — 8 editions

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The Pluto files: the rise and fall of America's favorite planet

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 2009 — 7 editions

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Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astophysics and the Military

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang, and Avis Lang First published in 2018 — 6 editions

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Space chronicles: facing the ultimate frontier

by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang
First published in 2012 — 6 editions

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Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jame Trefil First published in 2021 — 4 editions

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Merlin's tour of the universe: a skywatcher's guide to everything from Mars and quasars to comets, planets, blue moons, and werewolves

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 1989 — 4 editions

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Startalk: everything you ever need to know about space travel, sci-fi, the human race, the universe, and beyond

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jeffrey Simons, and Charles Liu First published in 2016 — 4 editions

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American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way

by Colin Davey, Thomas A. Lesser, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Roosevelt, Kermit, III First published in 2019 — 4 editions

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The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 2000 — 3 editions

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Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael Strauss, and J. Richard Gott First published in 2021 — 3 editions

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Universe down to Earth

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 1994 — 3 editions

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Merlins Reise zur Erde. Neue Fragen und Antworten zum Universum.

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 1999 — 2 editions

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My Favorite Universe: - The Teaching Company DVDs (The Great Courses)

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 2003 — 1 edition

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Warum funkeln die Sterne. Das Rätsel des Universums.

by Neil deGrasse Tyson First published in 2003 — 1 edition

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American astrophysicist and science communicator

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5 October 1958

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OLID: OL402524A
Amazon ID: B00NSCELKC
GoodReads: 12855
ISNI: 0000000081589734
IMDb: nm1183205
Library of Congress Names: n88297103
LibraryThing: tysonneildegrasse
MusicBrainz: 8fff0260-722b-4758-a1fa-53a8875fdb71
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): MILV163030
VIAF: 79110445
Wikidata: Q310903
Inventaire.io: wd:Q310903

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Neil deGrasse Tyson