Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmic Perspectives on Humanity

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 5, 2022

Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, and host of the StarTalk Radio podcast, discusses his new book, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization (Henry Holt, 2022), a meditation on political and cultural polarization informed by a view "from above."

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