Did he ever produce anything noteworthy besides TV shows and

>>9169103
He has a PhD and he did real work for a while. He hasn't done research since 2008 though.
>http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/curriculum-vitae#research

>>9169103
His ability to popularise astrophysics is good enough by itself. He's also like the one reason not to hate all blacks.

>>9169107
i think there are smarter black dudes in the math dept at my university.

>>9169103
Nothing. He's honestly one of the dumbest people to ever hold a phd

he's the curator of a planetarium, his job isn't to do research its to get people interested in astronomy

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>>9169103
Even if he may not may make much contributions him self if he happens to be the spark that causes someone who wasn't previously interested in the subject to pick it up and eventually make several contributions later in life; isn't that all that matters.

>>9169114
There ARE smart black dudes everywhere. But white genius dudes populate half the world, did you know?

The Faint-End Slopes of Galaxy Luminosity Functions in the COSMOS Field


The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS)


Optical light curves of the Type IA supernovae SN 1990N and 1991T


BVRI Light Curves For 29 Type Ia Supernovae


The Type Ia Supernova 1989B in NGC3627 (M66)

The Expanding Photosphere Method Applied to SN1992am at cz = 14600 km/s

On the Possibility of a Major Impact on the Uranus in the Past Century


An Exposure Guide for Taking Twilight Flatfields with Large Format CCDs


Radial Velocity Distribution and Line Strengths of 33 Carbon Stars in the Galactic Bulge

On the possibility of Gas-Rich Dwarf Galaxies in the Lyman-alpha Forest

Bursting Dwarf Galaxies: Implications for Luminosity Function, Space Density, and Cosmological Mass Density

uvby Photometry of Blue Stragglers in NGC 7789

his research got him several awards and 20 honorary doctorates, and his science communicator work had him receive many more honors and awards

>>9169103
why does a tv guy stop publishing? why isn't he at least a third last author on some postgrad papers?