Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Great Science Writers)

A black teenager in the 70s-era Bronx was fascinated by space and frequently took his telescope up to the rooftop. But his neighbors were frightened, thinking he was an armed burglar. They called the police. In the mid-1990s, this same person was named Director of the American Museum of Natural Historys world-renowned Hayden Planetarium. This enthralling biography of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Americas favorite astrophysicist, takes the reader from the hardscrabble streets of the inner city to the hallowed halls of science to the outer reaches of our galaxy and beyond. As this inspiring volume attests, Tysons life beautifully illustrates the maxim through adversity to the stars.