I fear, though, that "awesome" has drifted into the same linguistic areas as "excited. It's almost compulsory in the US to be "excited" about something. You can't merely "look forward to it. Every day. Technically Incorrect : Bringing you a fresh and irreverent take on tech. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. Some scientists get the Nobel Prize. A few get to appear on popular TV.
Then you have the one who's on "The Daily Show," is an Internet meme and trades lines with Superman in a comic book, all while publishing in prestigious journals and running a renowned planetarium. You know we must be talking about Neil deGrasse Tyson, the African-American astrophysicist with the uncanny ability to reduce complex cosmic concepts into ideas the average person understands and finds entertaining. No wonder he has such a following among geeks and non-geeks alike.
Throughout his career, he has taken his knowledge and enthusiasm for astronomy into television series, presentations and books aimed at nonscientists [source: Hayden Planetarium ]. And he's also reached some milestones that few other mortals can claim. Let's discuss. Tyson once described his high school persona as "a nerd who could kick your butt.
Alice Young," the magazine breathlessly wrote in There were clues to Tyson's sexiness early on. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard and a Ph. With a knack for helping create a scientifically literate population and a blooming career as an author, the Hayden Planetarium was compelled to offer him a job [source: Hayden Planetarium, Lemonick ].
The model you made of Earth's solar system in elementary school is obsolete. If it includes Pluto, anyway. Thanks to a controversial August demotion, Pluto was rendered a dwarf planet. And Neil deGrasse Tyson helped lead the charge by refusing to refer to Pluto as the solar system 's ninth planet in the Hayden Planetarium's display. Pluto, with its elongated orbit and 50 percent ice composition, was too different from the other planets, Tyson insisted; it was simply the first of a new class of objects that weren't realized until the early s [source: NPR ].
Pluto and Tyson, who were dubbed "frenemies," began a complicated relationship that played out in the media. While Tyson's been quick to say he wasn't solely responsible for Pluto's "killing off" as a planet, he admits he was an accessory to the fact.
Professionally, Tyson stands by his actions. Personally, however, his feelings remain mixed. So much so that three years after Pluto's demotion, he opened up on his blog. You know an astrophysicist has star power when he can demand changes in a blockbuster movie before it is rereleased to the public.
Turns out, James Cameron's movie " Titanic " depicted the wrong night sky in one of the most memorable scenes illustrating the ocean liner's descent on April 15, Tyson wrote Cameron to tell him the stars were not in alignment -- or even in the right ballpark -- when Kate Winslet who played Rose in the movie was clinging to a piece of driftwood in the ocean and gazing up at the heavens.
During a panel discussion at St. Petersburg College, Fla. Adjust Title Colors. Low Saturation. Adjust Background Colors.
Orientation Adjustments. Mute Sounds. Hide Images. Read Mode. Reading Guide. Useful Links. Stop Animations. Reading Mask. Highlight Hover. Highlight Focus. Big Black Cursor. Big White Cursor. Keyboard Navigation. Accessible Mode. Screen Reader Adjustments. Other users on Twitter also took time to point out that Tyson was guilty of the same thing he was complaining about.
In one instance, Tyson said that a table tennis match between two octopuses would be awesome. In the second instance, Tyson used the word awesome to describe the aim of the asteroid chunks from the film Armageddon.
Tyson is usually on the side of good. He disproves the Flat Earth Theory and goes against budget cuts to science education made by the government. Facebook facebook Twitter twitter Reddit reddit Comment.
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