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Featured Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson, one of today's foremost astrophysicists, is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. A born communicator, he also hosts a radio show called Star Talk and is currently at work on a new Cosmos television series. See below for some of the books that made a mark during his formative years.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Book Cover Image. Title: Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Book Cover Image. Title: The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Book Cover Image. Title: Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries, Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Book Cover Image. Title: The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist, Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Book Cover Image. Title: One Two Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science, Author: George Gamow

One Two Three...Infinity

George Gamow

Tyson read this at age 13. From this I learned how fun learning about the universe can be.
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Book Cover Image. Title: Mathematics and the Imagination, Author: Edward Kasner

Mathematics and the Imagination

Edward Kasner

Tyson read this at age 15. From this I learned that math is the language of the universe and that it's limited only by the imagination.
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Book Cover Image. Title: Gulliver's Travels, Author: Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

Tyson read this at age 16. From this I learned many things, but above all else, that humans can be Yahoos.
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Book Cover Image. Title: Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from His Writings, Author: Sir Isaac Newton

Newton's Philosophy of Nature

Sir Isaac Newton

Tyson read this at age 22. From this I learned that at the hands of genius, the universe becomes a knowable place.
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Book Cover Image. Title: The Mismeasure of Man, Author: Stephen Jay Gould

The Mismeasure of Man

Stephen Jay Gould

Tyson read this at age 24. From this I learned that across the history of science, even smart, educated and otherwise enlightened researchers can be racist bigots.
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