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Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson ( or ; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a po ...

, centering around a number of basic questions about the universe. Published on May 2, 2017, by W. W. Norton & Company, the book is a collection of Tyson's essays that appeared in ''Natural History'' magazine at various times from 1997 to 2007. The book debuted at #1 on ''The New York Times'' Non-Fiction Best Seller list when it first appeared in May, 2017. It sold 48,416 copies in its first week, making it the second-most-purchased overall in the U.S. for that week (behind the children's fiction novel ''

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''). A year later, it remained in the top five and had sold in excess of one million copies.

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'', the reviewer praised Tyson's "down-to-earth wit" and stated that the book "shows once again yson'smasterly skills at explaining complex scientific concepts in a lucid, readable fashion." Tyson was nominated for the

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