Neil Degrasse Tyson Reviews His Fountain Pens

[Brianm_14]

This Youtube interview from earlier this year has some other information, but most of it is Dr. Neal Degrasse Tyson talking delightfully about his fountain pens and reviewing as to why he likes each of his favorites, hence, I am posting it here. Especially as a fellow scientist, I enjoy everthing I see with this witty and touching man.

 

There will be a moment when you will know, Dr. Tyson is clearly one of us. Well worth watching, and the cut 'n paste effort (or a search).

 

https://clicktime.symantec.com/3RAPFmky8QDoXVqkyWtigLK7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dx_RIhl_UFSQ

[Tadeo]

I've watched the interview some time ago and it is really entertaining.

 

Dr. Tyson knows his stuff when talking about fountain pens

 

Beware of jealousy though, because some really cool pens appear throughout the interview

[Theroc]

His collection is jaw dropping..

[Tas]

Oh the passion is palpable

So lovely to see this. Thank you for sharing this link

[farazqamar]

it's an excellent interview. Kudos to David aka figboot on pens for this very well done and very entertaining interview.

[inkstainedruth]

He gave a talk last year here in Pittsburgh (probably not about pens, though) but I found out about it too late to get tickets.

I keep hoping that someday when I'm in NYC, at my annual pilgrimage to Fountain Pen Hospital, he'll be in there. There was a neat thing in Parade Magazine (the weekly supplement to a lot of Sunday papers, including the Sunday Post-Gazette here in da Burgh) where it showed several pens from his collection.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[PAKMAN]

Nice pens and clearly a pen lover!

[BDarchitect]

Thank you for posting this interview! Now I can share it with friends, who will find it harder to roll their eyes at this hobby when it is explained with such enthusiasm by someone they respect so much.

[rockydoggy]

Thanks much for the link.

Talk about eager to discuss about a topic . . . .

[Gloucesterman]

I don't usually spend this much time watching videos and this one was well worth the time.

 

Thanks so much for a fascinating interview with a fascinating human being.

 

Wonderful interview style as well.

[Honeybadgers]

He even used italic nibs when writing math formulas in college

 

Trying it myself in Calculus IV, I am firmly convinced that Dr. Tyson is a (bleep) lunatic.

 

Italics make for beautiful integrals but god help anyone trying to read your exponents unless you write so big that you need three notebooks per semester.

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by Honeybadgers

[Rancho Gordo]

Very fun.

But it bugs be that he kept pronouncing it Oh-Ma instead of Oh-Mas. It's Italian. You pronounce there S in Omas

[Honeybadgers]

Very fun.

But it bugs be that he kept pronouncing it Oh-Ma instead of Oh-Mas. It's Italian. You pronounce there S in Omas

 

Meh. At least he doesn't give the word "nuclear" an extra u.

 

That's the only word pronunciation that makes me genuinely, irrationally angry.

[figboot]

Thanks for posting. It was a great deal of work to coordinate this interview, but it was a great deal of fun. Yes, his passion for pens was evident. I was trying to respect his time, and we were starting to go a bit long. I tried to wind things down by having him show just one more pen...but then he kept wanting to show more and more.

[benbot517]

 

Italics make for beautiful integrals but god help anyone trying to read your exponents unless you write so big that you need three notebooks per semester.

 

...guilty...