Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Oct 05, 1958 (66 years old)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone
Movie 2024

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
1h 28m
Movie 2023

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club.

Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography
1h 26m
Movie 2022

Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography

With Carbon in the news every day, you might think you know everything about her. But you’d be wrong. This spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary reveals the paradoxical story of the element that builds all life, and yet may end it all. Narrated in first person by  Sarah Snook (Succession), Carbon tells of her birth in the violent core of an exploding star and of turbulent sagas through the fabric of our evolving Earth. Accompanied by celebrated scientists, unique animations and a stunning orchestral score, Carbon reminds us of our humble participation in the most extraordinary story in the universe. 

Woman in Motion
1h 36m
Movie 2021

Woman in Motion

Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.

Biography

Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently 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. Since 2006 he has hosted the educational science television show NOVA scienceNOW on PBS, and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy!. It was announced on August 5, 2011, that Tyson will be hosting a new sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil deGrasse Tyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.