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vendygirl
vendygirl Posts: 718 Member
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I just have to say this man is awesome. I got to see him speak at Wright State University last night, in Dayton OH (where they CLEARLY had no idea the draw power this man had because it was PACKED and then some. They had to have 2 satellite rooms of overfill).
I am beyond excited that they will be re-doing COSMOS! He is a great speaker.

If you EVER get a chance to hear him speak GO. It was awesome.

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  • vendygirl
    vendygirl Posts: 718 Member
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    Oh and at one point he had picked up a fern had a thought then noticed the video screen behind him (with him on it) and got SOOO distracted for a minute or so. It was HILARIOUS. Even he said he shouldn't have been as distracted by that as he was. I turned to my husband and said "oh shiny". Nice to know even Astrophysicists get easily distracted as well.
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
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    he is AMAHHHZING! I love how he set James Cameron straight with the stars in Titantic!!

    http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/neil-degrasse-tyson-tightens-titanic-accuracy-120402.htm

    Glad he's just as fantastic in person as he seems on TV/articles.
  • spud_chick
    spud_chick Posts: 2,639 Member
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    I'm still mad at him for demoting Pluto but he is a good speaker (and a good sport, I've seen him do skits on talk and comedy shows and he pulls it off).
  • ohenry78
    ohenry78 Posts: 228
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    His twitter feed is amazing. Many insightful and often funny things there.

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