Probable that many of these forms are vastly more intelligent than we. It is conceivable that a spherical ship or lander from the Washington Monument and a figure with four antennas and otherwise looking likely would a Football Player will walk out and demand to see our leaders. But i hope very much that the the universe circumstances wider than rather shoddy imaginations of Science Writers for 30 or 40 years. And im pretty convinced it is weve not found their guidance so great in any but the modest activities like going to the moon, which is not for me. I reply to that. Oh, life beyond earth. See, this is a beautiful exposition of the myths we live with and the mind of man. A symposium on extraterrestrial life and some of its implications for us all, sponsored jointly by nasa and Boston University and chaired by professor richard berenson. Let me briefly introduce the panel from the far side is dr. Ashley montague, who is a world renowned anthropologist and social biologist. Next to h
Intelligent than we. It is conceivable that a spherical ship or lander from the Washington Monument and a figure with four antennas and otherwise looking likely would a Football Player will walk out and demand to see our leaders. But i hope very much that the the universe circumstances wider than rather shoddy imaginations of Science Writers for 30 or 40 years. And im pretty convinced it is weve not found their guidance so great in any but the modest activities like going to the moon, which is not for me. I reply to that. Oh, life beyond earth. See, this is a beautiful exposition of the myths we live with and the mind of man. A symposium on extraterrestrial life and some of its implications for us all, sponsored jointly by nasa and Boston University and chaired by professor richard berenson. Let me briefly introduce the panel from the far side is dr. Ashley montague, who is a world renowned anthropologist and social biologist. Next to him is dr. Christopher stendhal, who an outstanding
She discusses her latest book, the new better off. First up here is astrophysicists [applause] thank you welcome to the American Museum of natural history. Im your host for the evening and coauthor of this book talk, i am Neil Degrasse tyson. I serve as the frederick t rowes director of the Hayden Planetarium, a place we all went to as a kid. I was never the same after that. Come back and actually become director. I also want to welcome cspan into this event, they are recording it for book tv, so cspan is in the house. [applause] tonights book is called welcome to the university and i love saying that, welcome to the universe would go to planetarium director school they teach you how to speak like that. Let me immediately and reduce my coauthors, first, Michael Strauss. [applause] and richard, the third, these are my two coauthors. [applause] so just a bit of introduction, i taught for ten years at Princeton University from 1994 through 2003, before i transferred all of my activities h
When the government turns on you and you are defenseless. They can pretty much but there government behind them self to crush you in many ways. I had a gentleman visit with me and he refused to give the Bush Administration the names of all of the clients after nine 11. He said i cant do it, so they came up with some backdated options and put them in jail. They spent 30 million defending himself. If you read it it is quite amazing to see what went on. This is the hysterical kneejerk reaction after 9 11. Its a a horrible thing of course, but why. But then on my side of the coin were talking i said yeah, gave Osama Bin Laden support, he had a 14,000,000 dollar Million Dollar count. He lived in cambridge, massachusetts. No connection. But granted you think theres a connection he might want to go down that path, but they had no interest in doing that. Then i told them when i gave the account of the middle east and geneva they set out thats in enough account. We had 7,000,000,000 dollars. We
Director of the hayden planetarium, place we all went to as a kid and i was never the same after that. I came back and actually became director. We also want to welcome cspan into this event. They are recording it for book tv. Cspan inhouse. Pan is [applause] tonights book is called welcome to the universe. I love saying that, welcome to the universe. When you go to the planetarium director school, they teach you how to speak like that. Let me immediately introduce my coauthors. First, michael strauss. [applause] these are my two coauthors. [applause] have a seat so just a bit of an introduction, i talked fori t ten years at Princeton University from 1994 through 2003, and before i transferred all of my activities here to this museum, over that time, i taught a course on introductory astrophysics and i got very popular and people liked it and we moved to vickers pace and we realized we could charge, we could energize the course even more by adding other talent that has particular exper