Comments on: Memorial Day Manhattanhenge, 2011 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 20:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1126146 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126146 I used to like Neil deGrasse Tyson. But you see I work at Spelman College, an historically black college for women, in the physics department. Spelman has a reputation for being a top producer of talented scientists. We've produced more black women who have gone on to get Ph.D.'s than any other college in the world. The physics department in particular was recognized by the American Physical Society this year for producing more black physics B.S. recipients (male or female) than any other institution. So last year we had the bright idea of bringing some prominent black scientists, preferably physicists or closely related fields, to speak with our students about the ins and outs of a life in science, especially if you are a minority. The first person we contacted was Neil deGrasse Tyson. Who said (or, more accurately, his people said): "Sure! Dr. Tyson would be delighted to speak with your students. His speaking fee is $30,000." I don't like Neil deGrasse Tyson any more. I used to like Neil deGrasse Tyson.

But you see I work at Spelman College, an historically black college for women, in the physics department. Spelman has a reputation for being a top producer of talented scientists. We’ve produced more black women who have gone on to get Ph.D.’s than any other college in the world. The physics department in particular was recognized by the American Physical Society this year for producing more black physics B.S. recipients (male or female) than any other institution.

So last year we had the bright idea of bringing some prominent black scientists, preferably physicists or closely related fields, to speak with our students about the ins and outs of a life in science, especially if you are a minority.

The first person we contacted was Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Who said (or, more accurately, his people said): “Sure! Dr. Tyson would be delighted to speak with your students. His speaking fee is $30,000.”

I don’t like Neil deGrasse Tyson any more.

]]> By: desiredusername http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125395 desiredusername Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125395 NdGT is teh bomb! NdGT is teh bomb!

]]> By: J.L.H http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125422 J.L.H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125422 Beautiful Manhattan! Almost like this humorous and funny version of New York’s neighborhood: http://thingsthatmakeyouhappy.com/2011/05/31/manhattan-4-33pm/ Beautiful Manhattan! Almost like this humorous and funny version of New York’s neighborhood:
http://thingsthatmakeyouhappy.com/2011/05/31/manhattan-4-33pm/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1126446 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126446 Thousands of years from now they will be debaiting if people lived there or if it was a giant astronomical calculating device. Thousands of years from now they will be debaiting if people lived there or if it was a giant astronomical calculating device.

]]> By: songofsixpence http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125680 songofsixpence Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125680 I think I'll stick to my rural home and stay thousands of miles away from NYC. I get an amazing sunset every single day of the year, and at night the stars are beautiful. I think I’ll stick to my rural home and stay thousands of miles away from NYC.

I get an amazing sunset every single day of the year, and at night the stars are beautiful.

]]> By: Tau'ma http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125434 Tau'ma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125434 awesome awesome

]]> By: GP3 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125440 GP3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125440 More photos from Manhattanhenge taken from 42nd street. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40182263@N06/sets/72157626847939188/ More photos from Manhattanhenge taken from 42nd street.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40182263@N06/sets/72157626847939188/

]]> By: John Huntington http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125453 John Huntington Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125453 42nd street seems to be the place to be last night! I was also in Times Square. A bunch of us would run out into the street each time the red light on Broadway came. My pictures here: http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2011/5/30/times-square-manhattanhenge.html 42nd street seems to be the place to be last night! I was also in Times Square. A bunch of us would run out into the street each time the red light on Broadway came. My pictures here: http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2011/5/30/times-square-manhattanhenge.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125335 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125335 Nothing beats this picture: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxVCyjFq0-2nvhAInne2hZoHC6QGqFsokXoUkGjbkwGvEiBvb-LQ Nothing beats this picture:

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxVCyjFq0-2nvhAInne2hZoHC6QGqFsokXoUkGjbkwGvEiBvb-LQ

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125345 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125345 Why does Also Sprach Zarathustra pop in to my head when I'm looking at this photo? And no... I don't mean this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcHSCAE-AE Although I like it too. :) Why does Also Sprach Zarathustra pop in to my head when I’m looking at this photo?

And no… I don’t mean this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcHSCAE-AE

Although I like it too. :)

]]> By: angry young man http://boingboing.net/2011/05/30/memorial-day-manhatt.html#comment-1125614 angry young man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125614 There's a word for this? I've always marveled at a single instance of this: those two days a year when the rising sun shines straight down the entrance to Penn Station and real light reaches almost all the way to the crummy tie store. Trudging up the stairs on those days when it's entirely filled with light is like rising into Heaven, if the angels played car horns and pissed on the sidewalk. There’s a word for this? I’ve always marveled at a single instance of this: those two days a year when the rising sun shines straight down the entrance to Penn Station and real light reaches almost all the way to the crummy tie store. Trudging up the stairs on those days when it’s entirely filled with light is like rising into Heaven, if the angels played car horns and pissed on the sidewalk.

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