Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes


There is a theorem that colloquially translates, You cannot comb the hair on a bowling ball. ... Clearly, none of these mathematicians had Afros, because to comb an Afro is to pick it straight away from the scalp. If bowling balls had Afros, then yes, they could be combed without violation of mathematical theorems.


Citations

Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Born: October 5, 1958
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Scientist

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator.