Blending Humor and Science

The director of the Hayden Planetarium is one of the best science communicators of our time. He and Steve talk about his role in reclassifying Pluto, bad teachers, and why economics isn’t a science.

• SOURCE:
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium.

• RESOURCES:
  • Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization, by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2022).
  • “The Universe and Beyond, with Stephen Hawking,” by Neil deGrasse Tyson (StarTalk, 2018).
  • The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2009).
  • "Pluto's Not a Planet? Only in New York," by Kenneth Chang (The New York Times, 2001).
  • The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist, by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2000).
  • Merlin's Tour of the Universe, by Neil deGrasse Tyson (1989).

• EXTRAS:
  • "Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).