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Neil deGrasse Tyson A young boy wanders through the Hayden Planetarium, gazing at every planet model and space device he can spot. Little did the nine-year old know his future had been decided right then and there. He had no idea he would grow into one of the biggest contemporary scientists of our day. This young boy was Neil deGrasse Tyson. He later said, about this event, “So strong was that imprint that I 'm certain that I had no choice in the matter, that in fact, the universe called me." In

I chose to interpret through semiotic analysis came from Vogue Magazine, advertising the new Lactose perfume for men called Lacoste Challenge. This is a very recent ad, made to advertise this new fragrance for men, and it features celebrity actor Hayden Christensen as the new model for the promotion of this new perfume. This ad is pretty straight forward and general, but what else is missing? What other details were included in the development of this ad that makes it so effective to consumers? Through

the fall of 2006, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBS-NOVA's spinoff program NOVA ScienceNOW, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe. As director of the Hayden Planetarium, Dr. Tyson strayed away from traditional thinking in order to keep Pluto from being referred to as the ninth planet in exhibits at the center. Dr. Tyson has explained that he wanted to look at commonalities between objects, grouping the

Neil deGrasse Tyson grew up in New York and became interested in astronomy at the age of nine after he visited the Hayden Planetarium. After visiting the planetarium, he would frequently sit on the roof of his apartment building and look at the night sky through a telescope. This new-found love of Astronomy led to him attending the Bronx High School of Science where his education specialized in Astronomy. He was so in love with Astrophysics that by the age of fifteen he was giving lectures on the

Book Report – One Child by Torey Hayden. In One Child, author and educator Torey Hayden retells the story of being a special educator in 1980. Placed in a small room with a diverse group of students, Torey Hayden is not your average educator. Her students call her by first name, she gets emotionally involved, and she even takes the desks out of her small classroom. Yet despite the challenges, she and her students come together successfully and begin learning. The class is thrown for a loop

“Our senses are faulty data-taking devices, and they need help,” states Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. In his scientific essay “Coming to Our Senses,” published in Natural History Magazine, Tyson explores the idea of the five senses being limited and needing help from technology. Through Tyson’s use of ethical appeals, allusions, and hypothetical scenarios, he is able to effectively convince

In the poem “ The Whipping” by Robert Hayden a boy gets chased and physically abused by an old woman. The speaker sees and listens on how the old women is hitting the child. And visualizes the abuse that he also went through when he was child. Throughout the poem there was metaphors, alliterations,and imagery to interpret the theme of the poem. The poem shows how violence with violence is not a solution that will stop the problem right away but it will make the situation to continue over and over

In June 2013, Edward Snowden leaked secret files on the PRISM Program, a shady program millions of American never even knew existed. Four years ago, Snowden released numerous files regarding the NSA’s PRISM Program that only a handful of people knew about. Why it is an important issue you may ask, well honestly you’re being watched by our ‘beloved government’ while we live out our private lives. This PRISM program should be ended because it invades privacy, violates the constitution, and weakens

accelerators and detectors across the electromagnetic spectrum, we explore the universe around us and call the adventure science.” -Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History used this quote to clearly express his idea in his writing “Coming to Our Senses” that we need technology with our senses to fully explore the world. Neil deGrasse Tyson used many different types

In the book One Child, we meet a little six year old girl named Sheila. Sheila was abounded on the highway by her mother when she was just four years old. Sheila lived with her father in a poverty stricken migrant camp. Her father often neglected her and was verbally abusive towards Sheila. In the beginning of the book we learned that Sheila had abducted a three year old boy and then she tied him to a tree and set him on fire. She was then sentenced to a state mental hospital to be evaluated. Since