Washington Post article on Neil deGrasse Tyson
Star Power
As an Astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson Is A Universal Expert
By David Segal
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 16, 2007; Page M01
NEW YORK -- The first time Neil deGrasse Tyson got a good look at the universe, he thought it was a hoax. He was a 9-year-old, visiting the Hayden Planetarium on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and when the lights went down and a narrated tour of the night sky began, an ocean of stars twinkled overhead.
Yeah, right, he thought.
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