We did not name this asteroid Bambi
10 Memorable Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
Neil deGrasse Tyson is America’s preeminent badass astrophysicist. He’s a passionate advocate for science, NASA, and education. He’s also well known for a little incident involving Pluto. And the man holds nearly 20 honorary doctorates (in canadagoosejacketsalesca addition to his real one). In honor of his 59th birthday, here are 10 of our favorite Neil deGrasse Tyson quotes.
1. ON canada goose deals SCIENCE
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From Space Chronicles
3. ON GOD AND Canada Goose Outlet HURRICANES
“Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes. The only Canada Goose Jackets people who still call hurricanes canada goose acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.”
From Death by Black Hole
4. ON THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY INVENTED FOR USE canada goose coats on sale IN SPACE
“Countless women are alive today because of ideas stimulated by a design Canada Goose Parka flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.” (Editor’s note: technology used to repair the Hubble Space Telescope’s optical problems led to improved technology for breast cancer detection.)
From Space Chronicles
5. ON THE DEMOTION OF PLUTO FROM PLANET STATUS
“I knew Pluto was popular among elementary schoolkids, but I had no idea they would cheap Canada Goose mobilize into a ‘Save Pluto’ campaign. I now have a buy canada goose jacket drawer full of hate letters from hundreds of elementary schoolchildren (with supportive cover letters from their science teachers) pleading with canada goose coats me to reverse my stance on Pluto. The file includes a canada goose replica photograph of the entire third grade of a school posing on their front steps and holding up a banner proclaiming, ‘Dr. Tyson Pluto is a Planet!'”
6. ON JAMES CAMERON’S TITANIC
“In [Titanic], the stars above the Canada Goose sale ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs. we are treated to her view of this Hollywood sky one where the stars on the right half of the scene trace the mirror image of the stars in the left half. How lazy can you get?”
From Death by Black Hole
7. ON DEATH BY ASTEROID
“On Friday the 13th, April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup will fly so close to Earth that it will dip below the altitude of our canada goose store communication canada goose jacket sales ca satellites. We did not name this asteroid Bambi. Instead, we named it Apophis, after the Egyptian god of darkness and death.”
From Space Chronicles
8. ON THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND canada goose clearance sale AMERICA’S MOONSHOT
“[L]et us not fool ourselves into thinking we went to the Moon because we are pioneers, or discoverers, or adventurers. We Canada Goose online went to the Moon because it was the militaristically expedient thing to do.”.