Books
- The Pluto Files
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
In press with W. W. Norton & Company (New York), 2009
An exposition of the often-tempestuous correspondence between Tyson and his colleagues as well as between Tyson and school children—all over the demotion of Pluto from its planet status.
- Death By Black Hole, And Other Cosmic Quandaries
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
W. W. Norton & Company (New York), 2007
Anthology of the best essays that have appeared in Natural History magazine under the title
Universe.
- Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
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Neil deGrasse Tyson & Donald Goldsmith
W. W. Norton & Company (New York)
The remarkable beginnings of life, the universe, and everything. Companion Book to the PBS-NOVA series on cosmic origins. Premiered September 28-29, 2004
- Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge
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Steven Soter & Neil deGrasse Tyson, eds.
The New Press (New York), 2001
A collection of twenty contributed essays on the modern frontier of astrophysics, with commentary and historical material added by the editors. A book conceived along with the 2000 opening of the Hayden Planetarium and Rose Center for Earth and Space.
- One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Liu, & Robert Irion
Joseph Henry Press of the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC), 2000
The connections of astrophysics with everyday life. The companion book to the 2000 opening of the Hayden Planetarium and Rose Center for Earth and Space.
Winner: American Institute of Physics, 2001 Science Writing Award
One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos - On Line Version
Charles Liu & Neil deGrasse Tyson
Joseph Henry Press of the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC), 2002
The One Universe book enhanced with 1,000 hyperlinks, review questions and problems sets.
- The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Doubleday (New York), 2000
Revised and updated: Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2004
Autobiographical reflections.
- Just Visiting this Planet
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Main Street Books, an imprint of Doubleday (New York), 1998
A collection of six years from a Q & A column written monthly for Star Date Magazine. Sequel to Merlin's Tour of the Universe (see below) that contains chapters of questions about astronomy and space asked by the general public and answered through the pen name
Merlin.
- Universe Down to Earth
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Columbia University Press (New York), 1994
Essays on special topics in astronomy that evolved principally from invited talks and lectures delivered for introductory college astronomy classes at Columbia University, University of Maryland, and University of Texas. The book uses creative
household
analogies to help bring complex topics of the universe to the lay reader. - Merlin's Tour of the Universe
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Columbia University Press (New York), 1989
Thirteen chapters of questions about astronomy and space asked by the general public and answered through the pen name
Merlin.
