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Quixote1818

(28,929 posts) Sun Jun 3, 2012, 11:57 PM Jun 2012

Neil deGrasse Tyson: My Man, Sir Isaac Newton

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: My Man, Sir Isaac Newton (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jun 2012 OP

K&R for Dr. Tyson HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #1

Dr Tyson is following ably in the footsteps of Carl Sagan... n/t Permanut Jun 2012 #2

Agreed, Sagan's best heir. CBGLuthier Jun 2012 #7

He walked onto the Daily Show the other day... mindwalker_i Jun 2012 #3

Isaac and Neil... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #4

Love NDGT. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #5

My Man, Neil deGrass Tyson jimlup Jun 2012 #6

Badass... SidDithers Jun 2012 #8

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

1. K&R for Dr. Tyson

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:09 AM

Jun 2012

Permanut

(5,602 posts)

2. Dr Tyson is following ably in the footsteps of Carl Sagan... n/t

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:18 AM

Jun 2012

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

7. Agreed, Sagan's best heir.

Reply to Permanut (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 08:15 AM

Jun 2012

A lot of contenders working the cable and PBS shows but only Tyson has the humor, warmth, and sense of awe that Sagan had.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)

3. He walked onto the Daily Show the other day...

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 01:04 AM

Jun 2012

Solving a Rubik's Cube while he was there. But he also told Jon that the Earth was spinning the wrong way in the intro. Jon should have turned to him and said, "How do you know the intro isn't in a negative-entropy timeline?" I bet Tyson would have just frozen for a second before crumpling onto the floor.