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Neil deGrasse Tyson live.The scientist and writer is currently on his ‘Star Talk Tour’ that will send him all over North America from December 2023 all the way up until June 2024.That includes a stop at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Wednesday, March 20.“I’m a servant of the public curiosity in addition to whatever science I can eke out in my calendar,” Tyson told Fox South Carolina.And if you want to see the 65-year-old self-proclaimed nnerd live, you can grab tickets as soon as today.However, should you attend, prices vary wildly.At the time of publication, tickets start anywhere from $50 to $300 before fees on Vivid Seats.Curious how much tickets cost for the deGrasse Tyson show closest to you?Keep scrolling, science fanatics.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the 2023-24 ‘Star Talk Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

“The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts” (Scribner).“Articles highlighted her ‘plump figure’ and her infrequent application of lipstick,” she writes. Chris Kraft, a NASA flight director who would become the head of the Manned Spacecraft Center, described Tereshkova as “an absolute basket case when she was in orbit” and “nothing but hysterical.”Such responses, argues Grush, were typical of NASA’s reluctance to consider women for their astronaut training scheme.

Luc Montagnier was a virologist who shared a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for co-discovering HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.Montagnier was the founder of the Viral Oncology Unit at the Pasteur Institute, a renowned facility where infectious diseases are studied. After founding the unit in 1972, he worked as its director, and it was in that capacity that he was sent a tissue sample that would lead to his crucial discovery.

Dr. Jeremiah Stamler was a doctor whose research proved that cardiovascular disease was linked to our diet and lifestyle.Stamler began studying cardiovascular disease in the 1940s, after serving in the U.S. Army.

Peter Buck was the co-founder of the Subway chain of sandwich shops.Buck hadn’t planned to be a restaurateur – he was a nuclear physicist who designed nuclear reactors. But when a family friend, Fred DeLuca (1947–2015), asked Buck for advice on how he should pay for college, he suggested the young man open a sandwich shop.

Spencer Silver was a chemist who invented the adhesive used in Post-it Notes.Silver worked at 3M for 30 years, from 1966 until his retirement in 1996, but it was early in his career there that he developed his most memorable invention. In 1968, Silver was working to create a powerful adhesive to be used in building airplanes.