“China has more scientifically literate people than America has college graduates. What can be done about that? How do you attract people? I don’t know a bigger force of attraction than the universe magnet. I don’t twist newscasters’ arms or tell them, “Do thus-and-such story on the universe tonight.” I sit in my office, minding my own business, and the phone rings—because the universe flinched the day before, and they want a sound bite on it. I’m responding to an appetite that’s already there. So the issue is, do we have the drive and the will to feed that appetite?” Excerpt From: Neil deGrasse Tyson & Avis Lang. “Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.” W. W. Norton & Company, 2012-01-30. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
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