Leading up to the
National Conference in New Orleans, I'm posting information about speakers who will appear there.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society, Astrophysicist and Author, and Host, PBS NOVA scienceNow, New York, N.Y.
On Thursday, March 19th at 2 pm, Tyson will co-present the Planetary Society Lecture. A childhood glimpse of the Moon through binoculars helped steer Neil deGrasse Tyson toward his lifelong passion for science, space exploration, and unraveling the universe’s far-flung mysteries. Eventually, that closer look at another world also led Tyson to his role on The Planetary Society’s board of directors, serving first as vice president for three years and now as chairman of the board. An astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History and the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Tyson focused his early research primarily on stellar evolution and galactic structure.
He appears as the on-camera host of the PBS NOVA spin-off NOVA scienceNow and recently hosted the four-part television series Origins on PBS.
Tomorrow, a snippet about scientist, comedian, teacher, author, and household name, Bill Nye. In New Orleans, he will join Neil deGrasse Tyson as one of two speakers for the Planetary Society Lecture.
--Tyson Brown