A doctor of science, a writer, the most comic astrophysicist in the whole world, a philosopher, a television figure and an actor - all these roles are rightfully belong to such a stunning personality as Neil Tyson, whose books disperse in millions of copies every year. Due to its versatility and originality, the scientist draws keen attention to his person.
Biographical data and early life
Such a popular personality as Neil Tyson has a rather interesting and eventful life that will interest every person. His hometown is New York, in which he was born in 1958. His parents had three children, Neil was average. The family was educated, my father worked as a sociologist, my mother worked as a gerontologist.
After receiving school education, Neil successfully completed acting courses and began acting in films. His most successful project was the series The Big Bang Theory, in which he performed in a comic role. In addition to his acting career, Neil Tyson was obsessed with astronomy, with which he decided to connect his life. But after a while the young man decided to enter the legendary Harvard, which he successfully graduated with a bachelor's degree. Tyson's specialization was physics.
Neil continued his further studies at the University of Texas, where he defended his diploma in astronomy.
Sports achievements astrophysics
During training at the university, Neil Tyson was fond of rowing, at the same time he was engaged in wrestling, in which he received a sports rank. Studying at a university and sports achievements were not an obstacle for practicing various types of dances, which were a kind of outlet and an exciting pastime at the same time. The young man tried himself in many dance roles, but he achieved the greatest success in the Latin American direction, having received a gold medal for his abilities.
Career ups and skyrocketing popularity
A graduate of the University of Texas, Neil decided not to stop there, but to follow the path of science. The continuation was a doctoral dissertation, the writing of which he began. But in 1988, a young scientist decided to move to Columbia University, in which he defended his work.
1995 marked the beginning of his career for him in the Journal of Natural History, in which he agreed to lead the column “Universe”.
American President George W. Bush astrophysicist Neil Tyson was appointed a member of the commission on space exploration.
Among his accomplishments, the NASA Medal, received for his outstanding service to the public, also occupies a place of honor.
Tyson successfully combined his activities with the post of head of the planetarium and the head of the eponymous society. It must be emphasized that he actively participated in television and radio projects, wrote books and articles.
Writing
The career of the famous astrophysicist no less rapidly developed in the writing direction. Its beginning was 1993, in which the first publications in magazines appeared.
A vivid example of the popular and very gifted writer of our time is Neil Degrass Tyson, whose books from 1994 to the present day are extremely famous and relevant. All this thanks to the mastery of presentation and lively interesting language.
His most famous books are:
- "Death in a black hole and other cosmic difficulties";
- “Cosmic horizons: astronomy at the forefront”;
- “14 billion years of cosmic evolution”;
- "Adventures of urban astrophysics";
- "The universe descended to Earth."
The most interesting findings about the universe made by Neil Tyson
- On the relationship: the molecules and small particles that make up the human body arose in specific boilers, the role of the latter was performed by the microparticles of heavy stars. Moreover, each of us has a biological connection with other individuals, with the Universe - a compound of an atomic nature, and with the Earth - a chemical one.
- About the Universe: all people are its constituent elements, and it, in turn, is a part of each individual.
- About the Multiverse: discoveries of a cosmic nature omit humanity in rank. Previously, our planet was unique. But this was only until the rest of the planets and even galaxies near the Sun were found. And at the moment, it is generally accepted that there are many universes, each of which is individual and inimitable.
