A living black yanki worth admiring

[Wahalla]

I can respect that irish man Barry O'bama....but the man is a prince, sorry politician... (And I see poltician through the prisim of Nioclo Machiavelli.....)



But in the last few weeks, I have become aware of a Black Yanki I wish I had been aware of..

A scientific acedemian.... in the order of BP....who has disappeared...BP that is

Tyson

Not the puglist but the scientist...

Neil Tyson....

[blugiant]

I can respect that irish man Barry O'bama....but the man is a prince, sorry politician... (And I see poltician through the prisim of Nioclo Machiavelli.....)



But in the last few weeks, I have become aware of a Black Yanki I wish I had been aware of..

A scientific acedemian.... in the order of BP....who has disappeared...BP that is

Tyson

Not the puglist but the scientist...

Neil Tyson....

cum bettar dan dat. y yuh respekk imm?


memba back inna da days bp ask jam.com mismanagement fe rename de technologeesection to science ann technologee ann dem ignore imm recommendation.

[RichD]

cum bettar dan dat. y yuh respekk imm?


memba back inna da days bp ask jam.com mismanagement fe rename de technologeesection to science ann technologee ann dem ignore imm recommendation.

tyson?

[Tropicana]

Does this help?

Neil Tyson realized that he wanted to study space science when he was a young boy looking p at the moon through a pair of binoculars. His interest in science was not supported by his community, however; in Neil's New York City neighborhood, African-American boys were expected to be athletes, not scholars. In the streets of New York City, "being smart is not on the list of things that gets you respect," he recalls. Neil played sports with his friends, while also pursuing his interest in science. When he was thirteen, Neil went to summer astronomy camp in the Mohave Desert, where the sky was clear and he could see millions of stars. At the Bronx High School of Science, he focused his studies on astrophysics.


At Harvard University, Neil majored in physics, rowed on the crew team, and joined the wrestling team. He earned a master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and then went home to New York to do his doctoral work at Columbia.


Neil's work focuses primarily on two areas, dwarf galaxies (which are less than one-tenth the size of our "normal" Milky Way galaxy) and the "bulge" at the center of the Milky Way. To conduct his research, Neil has used telescopes all over the world, including the Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory, shown in the BreakThrough program.
Today, Neil has a full and varied life. He is married, collects fine wines, continues to wrestle, and to study the stars. He shares his knowledge about the universe in many ways: as an astrophysicist and research scientist at Princeton University, as a columnist for Stardate magazine, and as the acting director of the American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium. To help non-scientists understand the universe, Neil has published two books and is writing two more. On his role as an African-American scientist, he says that more is expected of him because of his race. "There's an extra social tax I have to pay," he says. "It's not a burden, I just pay the tax."

[RichD]

Does this help?

no it does not answer my question about renaming the forum

[blugiant]

Does this help?

natt reallee. a latt aff blakks inn science wey doan gitt recognized. dem even ave wan woo iss doinn a latt aff wukk pon thyme travel ann imm chattinn bout usinn alien technologee fe thyme travel. wan wey chatt bout reflectinn lite fe create cloakinn device fe mekk peeps invisible.

so mii qwestian add more to do widd wat imm wass doinn fe benefit blakks ann tainos dat garner w respekk

[Wahalla]

cum bettar dan dat. y yuh respekk imm?


memba back inna da days bp ask jam.com mismanagement fe rename de technologeesection to science ann technologee ann dem ignore imm recommendation.

he has a fluency in communication..He has a number of publications in astrophysics.. a pHd in astrophysics with emphasis on chemical evolution. He has a solid body of research and is the head of the Hayden Planetarium.. He is a Visiting professor of Astrophysics at Princeton...


And had I been an acedemian (should have finished primary school) I would have liked to have been involved in Astrophysics.. My ten year old son also loves astrophysics...

The combination of communication and scientific research is a rare ability.... BP appears to have it as well...

Good enough reason ?

[Wahalla]

also he appears to be an agnostic.... that is very rare in Yankidom...and makes him a target for the nuts...

An im into chess!!!

[Tropicana]

no it does not answer my question about renaming the forum

I know NOTHING about that and, for the record, BP was one of my least favourite boardites. I am glad he has disappeared.

[Tropicana]

The combination of communication and scientific research is a rare ability.... BP appears to have it as well...

Hardly like it. You have odd tastes.

[Blackstar*]

Actually BP was pretty good at explaining scientific issues. It was on social issues that he and I often buck up. Still miss having him around these parts.

I'd never heard of Neil Tyson, so thank you for bring him to my attention anyway, W.

Here's the wikipedia page on Tyson: link.

[Wahalla]

Actually BP was pretty good at explaining scientific issues. It was on social issues that he and I often buck up. Still miss having him around these parts.

I'd never heard of Neil Tyson, so thank you for bring him to my attention anyway, W.

Here's the wikipedia page on Tyson: link.

that is y I like both Tyson and BP.. They are capable of communicating complex ideas that are understandable by someone who did not finish grade two at primary school. Communication is ...I deal with too many smart people who are not comfortable communicating.. And get defensive when u question their premise.

[Blackstar*]

[kia027]

that is y I like both Tyson and BP.. They are capable of communicating complex ideas that are understandable by someone who did not finish grade two at primary school. Communication is ...I deal with too many smart people who are not comfortable communicating.. And get defensive when u question their premise.

Yes it takes great intelligence to communicate complex ideas to the common man and to fellow scientists.

[Blackstar*]