Astrophysicist and science advocate Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight (that’s Wednesday, January 28th) at 11:00PM Eastern on Comedy Central. If that’s past your bedtime, fret not – you can either set your DVR to record it, or you catch one of the several reruns they’ll air over the subsequent 24 hours. Dr. Tyson’s latest book The Pluto Files was just published by W. W. Norton.
If you haven’t already, you can read our review of The Pluto Files here.
Review by John C. Snider © 2009
Answer quickly: Pluto – planet or not a planet??? Few questions have so divided America as the decision by astronomers to reclassify our formerly ninth planet as a mere “dwarf planet”. Now, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (director of the Hayden Planetarium and outspoken rationalist extraordinaire) looks at the controversy, particularly from the “pop culture” angle, and recalls how he (as the foremost Pluto demoter) took withering fire from schoolchildren and fellow astrophysicists alike.
Podcast #41 – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009(more…)
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