The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
Neil Degrasse Tyson, "The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist"
ISBN: 159102188X | 2004 | EPUB | 203 pages | 2 MB
Cool, classy, articulate, and brilliant–rarely do all of those adjectives apply at once to an astrophysicist. But Neil de Grasse Tyson is no ordinary scientist; as the director of New York City's Hayden planetarium, his job is to inspire the public with the beauty and grandeur of the universe, just as he was inspired there in his youth. The Sky Is Not the Limit is his memoir of the events leading from his birth to his acceptance of his dream job and beyond, and is a marvelously entertaining look at one man's pursuit of his life's calling. Tyson emphasizes the nurturing roles played by his parents, friends, and teachers, in contrast to the sometimes well-meaning but always disappointing discouragement he experienced from all sides in his quest for his Ph.D.