Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, author, and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, Neil deGrasse Tyson has become the most widely known science communicator of his generation. He hosted the revived Cosmos television series, produced by Ann Druyan, and wrote bestsellers including Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. He served on two presidential commissions on the future of the U.S. space program.

“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”