THE NP CHRONICLE : 5TH OCTOBER

The NP Chronicle 

5th October

Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: /dəˈɡræs/ də-GRASS; 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 postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003.

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"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."

-- Neil DeGrasse Tyson

"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

"The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

"There’s as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We are, each of us, a little universe."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos

Denis Diderot (/ˈdiːdəroʊ/; French: [dəni did(ə)ʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment.

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"Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others."

-- Denis Diderot

"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

-- Denis Diderot

"All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings."

-- Denis Diderot

Kate Elizabeth Winslet (/ˈwɪnzlət/ ⓘ; born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Primarily known for her roles as headstrong women in independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012.

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"Life is short, and it is here to be lived."

-- Kate Winslet 

Today is:

▪︎ World Teachers' Day 

▪︎ Birth anniversary of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Denis Diderot, Kate Winslet 

▪︎ Death anniversary of Steve Jobs, Maurice Wilkins, Ramnath Goenka