The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
This is the absorbing story of Neil de Grasse Tyson's lifelong fascination with the night sky, a restless wonder that began some thirty years ago on the roof of his Bronx apartment building and eventually led him to become the director of the Hayden Planetarium. A unique chronicle of a young man...
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This is the absorbing story of Neil de Grasse Tyson's lifelong fascination with the night sky, a restless wonder that began some thirty years ago on the roof of his Bronx apartment building and eventually led him to become the director of the Hayden Planetarium. A unique chronicle of a young man who at one time was both nerd and jock, Tyson's memoir could well inspire other similarly curious youngsters to pursue their dreams.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781591021889 (159102188X)
Publish date: May 1st 2004
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Pages no: 203
Edition language: English
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is possibly the coolest astrophysicist to have ever lived. Unfortunately this means that I have no idea what his research is about (since even this autobiography of sorts breezes through his grad school years) but that I do know he's one of the great modern popularizers of scienc...
Fun, informative, and cheeky, this is not your average astrophysicist's memoir. Tyson is a singular kind of guy, funny and passionate and intense.
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