From?Wikipedia:
Neil deGrasse Tyson born October 5, 1958) is an American?astrophysicist, author, and?science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the?Hayden Planetarium?at theRose Center for Earth and Space?and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at theAmerican Museum of Natural History. From 2006 to 2011, he hosted the educational science television showNOVA ScienceNow?on?PBS?and has been a frequent guest on?The Daily Show,?The Colbert Report,?Real Time with Bill Maher, and?Jeopardy!. Tyson is the host of?Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, an update to?Carl Sagan‘s?Cosmos: A Personal Voyage?television series; the updated series started in March 2014.
Dr. Tyson is perhaps best known for unintentionally giving heartburn to anti-science right wingers. We love his?Twitter stream, where he makes science fun, memorable, and understandable. You’ll probably learn and remember more spending an hour on his Twitter feed than you did in years of high school science. We’ve compiled the best of the best of his awesome Tweets. Stay tuned. We’ll make this a series.
If Pizza sizes were given in area not diameter, you’d see instantly that a 7 inch is less than half the size of a 10 inch pie
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2012
Need a distraction today? Not only does 12+1=11+2, but the letters “twelve plus one” rearrange to give you “eleven plus two” ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 8, 2011
Principles of modern law assert that you’re innocent until proven guilty. Yet airport security is the exact opposite of this. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 20, 2011
Just to settle it once and for all: Which came first the Chicken or the Egg? The Egg — laid by a bird that was not a Chicken
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 5, 2011
Next time you’re stunned by large Moon on horizon, bend over and view it between your legs. The effect goes away entirely. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 19, 2011
Just an FYI: “Thursday the 12th” is just as rare as “Friday the 13th”.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 12, 2012
Ages for which you’re in the “prime” of your life: 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 15, 2011
In 5-billion yrs the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 19, 2012
Just an FYI: Roman Numerals have no zero because it was not yet invented, allowing year 2000 to be written efficiently as MM. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 22, 2011
Just an FYI: Within two minutes of flight, the Shuttle’s air-speed exceeds that of a bullet fired from an M16 assault rifle.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 16, 2011
In Terminator, only living things can time-travel. But hair is dead. So Arnold should’ve landed in LA not only naked but bald ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 8, 2010
Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 23, 2012
Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 11, 2010
I’ve come to conclude that Fettucini Alfredo is just Mac-and-Cheese for food snobs.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 14, 2011
A bullet fired level from a gun will hit ground at same time as a bullet dropped from the same height. Do the Physics. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 11, 2010
If the surviving miners are heroes (rather than victims) then what do you call the NASA & Chilean Engineers who saved them?
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 17, 2010
Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 21, 2011
More air molecules in breath of air than breaths of air in Earth’s atmosphere. Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 30, 2010
TheBigBangTheory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit primetime series, you know there’s hope for the world ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 23, 2011
Cosmic objects with elements named in their honor: Sun (helium), Mercury (mercury), Earth (telerium), Moon (selenium)
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 4, 2011
Geek e-mail signoff: No trees were killed to send this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 28, 2011
Not enough people do things that leave others to wonder. RT @BrianMendicino: Wondering why @neiltyson is watching Glee.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 2, 2011
Just an FYI: If scientists invented the legal system, eye witness testimony would be inadmissible evidence. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 6, 2011
Other than the waging of War, the ISS (assembled by Shuttle) is the most successful collaboration of nations there ever was.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 8, 2011
Without physics there’d be no Fashion Channel — there’d be no TV. But w/o fashion, physicists might just be naked. Not good. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 12, 2010
Just an FYI: It takes twice as much energy to throw a baseball 100mph than it does to throw one at 70mph. Do The Physics
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 28, 2011
286 octillion cars would not fit on our planet’s surface. Would require 10-quadrillion fully paved Earths to park them all. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 4, 2011
just an FYI: There are 2 kinds of people in the world — those who divide everybody into 2 kinds of people & those who don’t.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 23, 2011
I think of space not as the final frontier but as the next frontier. Not as something to be conquered but to be explored. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 13, 2011
Average time between full moons is 29.53 days. Which means February will occasionally not get one, and will never have two.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 1, 2011
If aliens did visit us, I’d be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source of energy. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 19, 2011
Would a NASA reality show “Lunar Shore” be more popular than “Jersey Shore”? Civilization”s future depends on that answer
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 16, 2011
Don’t know if it’s good or bad that a Google search on “Big Bang Theory” lists the sitcom before the origin of the Universe ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 7, 2010
Wanna lose 1200 Calories a month? Drink a liter of ice water a day. You burn the energy just raising the water to body temp. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 27, 2010
If gridiron were a timeline, w/ Big Bang at one goal, then cavemen to now spans thickness of single turf-blade at other goal. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 7, 2011
Astro-educators remain busy undoing damage caused by 1973 hit album “Dark Side of the Moon.” Nope. All sides get sunlight.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 28, 2010
Curious that a bulletproof vest does not protect the neck, head, or groin. I consider these body parts important.? ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 4, 2010
In my NCAAwrestling days I dreamt of a hold I called the “Double Tidal Lock” inspired by Earth-Moon physics.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 20, 2011
Curiously, light-loving GREEN plants reject the Sun’s GREEN light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look GREEN ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 17, 2011
According to the song, Rudolph’s nose is shiny, which means it reflects rather than emits light. Useless for navigating fog.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 25, 2011
Just an observation: I’ve never, ever, ever, ever, ever, heard a female voice as the narrator of a movie trailer. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 10, 2011
Ever see DebatingTeams? They don’t know in advance what side of a case they’re required to argue. They make the best Lawyers.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 26, 2011
Slowest pitch in Baseball to reach catcher? 30mph, thrown at 45-deg angle. Any slower at any other angle hits ground. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 13, 2011
If you removed all the arteries, veins, & capillaries from a person’s body, and tied them end-to-end…the person will die.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 25, 2011
The most boring constellation: Triangulum Australis. A profound lack of imagination – any 3 stars in the sky makes a triangle ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 19, 2011
With automatic spell checkers running unleashed over what we compose, our era is that of correctly spelled typos.
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) June 29, 2011
Apollo in 1969. Shuttle in 1981. Nothing in 2011. Our space program would look awesome to anyone living backwards thru time. ? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 8, 2011
More evidence my 14yr old daughter is a Geek: after prompting me to ask if she knew any jokes about sodium, she replied, “Na”
? Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 23, 2011
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