of the 21st century-- astrophysicist, hayden planetarium director, and nova science now host neil degrasse tyson. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. neil degrasse tyson, thank you so much for being with us. >> it's about time you had me on the show. >> hinojosa: just in case people don't know who you are... >> okay. >> hinojosa: but of course, everybody knows. you are the most famous astrophysicist in the country... african american astrophysicist. you are the director of the hayden planetarium in new york city. you're the host of nova science now. and you write books, and you dance, too. >> i once danced. not much anymore. that was an earlier chapter in my life. and odd that you would mention my ethnicity there. and i say that because i once thought about that. and i realized that i may be the most visible scientist of any discipline, of any ethnicity, of any skin color, in america today. and the reason why i went through that mental exercise was because there i am trying to bring the frontier of science to the public, and i said, "i don't want to do that alone. i want some others there wi

five on the days of battle and yes, since you asked, he was an ancestor of the astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. he was shorter by 2 inches and explained [inaudible] [laughter] the fleet was landing troops around yorktown. when the british fleet appeared, he moved from the chesapeake bay and prevented him from resupplying with cornwallis and that sealed the fate of the british yorktown. >> it is very well known they moved on a quick march from yorktown and surrounded cornwallis. the guns blasted away for five days while they advanced. it was the french officers directed the siege and the placement of the trenches and the gunfire and suffered twice the casualties during the battle. once they had captured the nine and ten, the situation is second in command which was the scene of the painting. they considered the victory to be a french one and offered to surrender. they understood the moment belonged to washington so with that word, he gestured head over to washington and washington intern gestured him to his own second-in-command benjamin lincoln. after yorktown, there were no more major america

and this is put to the test, because you had at your premier bill nye and neil degrasse tyson. i remember looking over my shoulder and i saw bill nye. i was like "oh my god." and i love him. about 30 seconds later i look back to look at him, and neil is standing next to him. i lost it. and he gave me his card. bill gave me his card. >> seth: bill nye gave you his card? bill nye gave me his card after the film. [ laughter ] >> seth: that's great. >> and he was like, "good job". that's fantastic. and you're still carrying it around with you. that's a very good thing. >> yeah and i'm taking this home. >> seth: what do you think has to -- when kind of thing would happen that you would call bill nye. like what do you think's going to happen in your life where you'll say, "i know who we can call." [ light laughter ] >> gah, i don't know. >> seth: i think you should do it for something that anybody could help with like, call him and say, "hey, i'm moving." [ light laughter ] you gave me your card once, can you help me move? >> see if he has any -- >> any physics tip. >> seth: yeah, ph

and yes, since you asked, he was an ancestor of the rockstar astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson. when he met george washington who was shorter than the grass by two inches, he embraced him and explained -- is fleet was landing troops around yorktown. when a bridge fleet under thomas greaves appeared, he quickly moved his fleet from chesapeake bay, prevent him from resupplying or from if i could cornwallis and that sealed the fate of the british at yorktown. the story of yorktown is very well known. after they led the troops on a quick march of new york to yorktown, they surrounded cornwallis. this siege began on october 9, 1781. 1781. the guns blasted away for five days while the seizure lines advanced. it was french officers who directed the siege, french officers who directed the placement of the trenches, french officers who directed the gunfire. the french also suffered twice the casualties of the americans during the battle. once the french and american troops had captured british readouts nine and 10, the situation for cornwallis had become untenable. and so when brigadier

and yes, since you asked, he was an ancestor of the astrophysicist, neil degrasse tyson. when they met george washington, who who by the way was shorter than degrasse by 2 inches. they exclaimed that the fleet was landing troops around yorktown. when the british fleet under thomas appear they quickly went from the chesapeake bay from upgrades and prevented him from resupplying or evacuating on wallace. and that sealed the fate of the british yorktown. the story of yorktown is well known. after washington had led their troops on a quick march from new york to yorktown, they surrounded cornwallis. the. the seas began on october 9, 1781. the guns blasted away for five days for each lines advanced. the french officers who directed the siege. french officers who directed the gunfire. they also suffered twice the casualties of the american during the battle. i once french and american troops recaptured nine and ten, the situation for cornwallis have become -- so when brigadier general who is second in command came out to offer this which is the scene in the painting, they consi

. >> just go sit down, neil degrasse tyson. >> we read that tweet to the kids. >> we like it too. >>n't. he can take going to the beach and turn it into a scientific experience. >> we hope he enjoyed the game at the same time. >> yes, we do. we like him too. >>> "the new york times" reports if the sound of people eating drives you absolutely nuts you probably suffer from a real medical condition. it's called miso phone ya. it's more than somebody chewing with t m it triggers certain reactions other sounds like slurping and crying. some say these triggers are related to memory and people may connect the sounds to some traumatic experience in their lives. >> i just think people need to chew with their mouths closed. >> that's always good advice, always. >>> a survey funded by the site found people judge a date through a post. 66% are annoyed by texting during dates and 14% are irked by a cracked phone screen. interesting. >> a lot of times on your hand if you notice a crack phone screen. okay. fun date. >>> actor paul giamatti's personal career has earned him an emmy award and two gold