In the Universe? That's a bold claim for an astrophysicist . . .

I found the following story on the NPR iPad App

The Most Powerful Nerd In The Universe Is A Scientific Anomaly
by Gene Demby

NPR - March 23, 2014

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is everywhere these days. And his current stature is remarkable, in part because he's a black astrophysicist — seemingly as elusive a phenomenon as the Higgs boson.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/03/23/291440486/the-most-powerful-nerd-in-the-universe-and-a-unicorn?sc=ipad&f=1001