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This is the absorbing story of Neil de Grasse Tyson's lifelong fascination with the night sky, a restless wonder that began some thirty years ago on the roof of his Bronx apartment building and eventually led him to become the director of the Hayden Planetarium. A unique chronicle of a young man who at one time was both nerd and jock, Tyson's memoir could well inspire other similarly curious youngsters to pursue their dreams.

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"""""It's easy to imagine [this] memoir inspiring young future astrophysicists--and inspiring grownups to help them out.""-Publishers Weekly""A fascinating story of a person who is dedicated to his chosen field... highly recommended.""-Choice"

""""It's easy to imagine [this] memoir inspiring young future astrophysicists--and inspiring grownups to help them out.""--Publishers Weekly""A fascinating story of a person who is dedicated to his chosen field... highly recommended.""--Choice

It's easy to imagine [this] memoir inspiring young future astrophysicists--and inspiring grownups to help them out. --Publishers Weekly A fascinating story of a person who is dedicated to his chosen field... highly recommended. --Choice

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. The host of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on FOX--an update to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series--he previously hosted NOVA ScienceNow on PBS and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy! He is the author of Death by Black Hole and Space Chronicles, among other works.

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