In Conversation With Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has dedicated his slim new book, “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,” to those who are “too busy to read fat books, yet nonetheless seek a conduit to the cosmos.” In it he explores the mysteries science has unraveled about the universe, as well as the many that it (so far) has not.
In a TimesTalk conversation on Friday, I spoke with Dr. Tyson about why we should trust science when it seems so often to be wrong; what he’s learned about how to make science accessible; and at the behest of several tweens in the audience, what it would be like to die in a black hole.
Video of the interview is below:
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