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Neil deGrasse Tyson:
I enjoyed your book - "Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry" as a young person what steps could I take in high school to pursue a career in astrophysics or astronomy?
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Thanks. Take extra math classes. Math is the language of the universe. Its was not invited to torment students. Entire branches of mathematics were invented to solve previously unsolved problems in the universe. Note, for example, that geometry come from the Greek: "Earth Measurement".
Not all math will come equally easily to you. In fact it may all be hard. But there's very little in life worth achieving that did not involve a struggle. To quote President Kennedy in 1962: We choose to go to the Moon...not because it's easy, but because it's hard.
Good luck, sometimes you needs a little of that too.
Not all math will come equally easily to you. In fact it may all be hard. But there's very little in life worth achieving that did not involve a struggle. To quote President Kennedy in 1962: We choose to go to the Moon...not because it's easy, but because it's hard.
Good luck, sometimes you needs a little of that too.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson:
If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson:
Many breakthroughs in science were due to luck. After discovery of a new drug, comes a process of trial and error that consumes a lot of time and resources. If we had a quantum computer, the trial and error could be all simulated saving time and money? Instead of finding a new drug, maybe we can start designing new drugs due to quantum mechanics? Like turning on the light, see what we're doing and doing it better?
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