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StarTalk is both a podcast and a National Geographic television program, in which host Neil deGrasse Tyson and his celebrity guests tackle provocative subjects in science. This companion volume features interesting photos, smart scientific facts, and witty commentary.
Corporate Authors: | National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.) |
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Other Authors: | Tyson, Neil deGrasse (Contributor), Liu, Charles, 1968 April 5- (Contributor), Simons, Jeffrey Lee (Contributor) |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
[2017]
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Edition: | Young readers edition; trade edition. |
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Summary: |
StarTalk is both a podcast and a National Geographic television program, in which host Neil deGrasse Tyson and his celebrity guests tackle provocative subjects in science. This companion volume features interesting photos, smart scientific facts, and witty commentary. |
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Physical Description: |
223 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
Audience: |
Ages 12-17. |
ISBN: |
9781426330872 1426330871 9781426330889 142633088X |
Author Notes: |
CHARLES LIU is an astrophysics professor at the City University of New York's College of Staten Island, and an associate with the Hayden Planetarium and Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He earned degrees from Harvard and the University of Arizona, and held postdoctoral positions at Kitt Peak National Observatory and Columbia University. Together with co-authors Robert Irion and Neil Tyson, he received the 2001 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for his book One Universe- At Home in the Cosmos . More recently, he is the author of The Handy Astronomy Answer Book , now in its third edition. JEFFREY LEE SIMONS is the social media director of StarTalk Radio. He is the author of Spirit in Realtime , co-author of the cause-related marketing handbook Making Money While Making a Difference with Dr. Richard Steckel, and the author of two works with artist Viktor Koen- Lexicon- Words and Images of Strange and Toyphabet . He has a B.A. in literature from Georgetown University. Residence- New Jersey |