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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD is an American astrophysicist from right here in New York City. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard, master’s degree in astronomy from the University of Texas, master’s and doctorate in astrophysics from Columbia, and was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University.
Dr. Tyson joined the AMNH as a staff scientist in 1994 where he later became director of the Hayden Planetarium. He wrote monthly articles for the Natural History magazine, some of which were collected in Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries and in he wrote an autobiography, The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist.
Fun facts
When Tyson was nine years old, his interest in astronomy was sparked by a trip to the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where he currently works.
Some books by Neil deGrasse Tyson. His later books included Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and Letters from an Astrophysicist.