Accessory to War

{{short description|2018 science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox book | name = Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military | title_orig = | translator = | image = Accessory to War.jpg | caption = | author = Neil deGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = Astrophysics | genre = Non-fiction | publisher = W. W. Norton & Company | release_date = September 11, 2018 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardcover) | pages = | isbn = 978-0-393-06444-5 | dewey = | congress = | oclc = 1049572472 | preceded_by = Astrophysics for People in a Hurry | followed_by = }}

'''''Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military''''' is the fifteenth book by American astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson which he co-wrote with researcher and writer Avis Lang. It was released on September 11, 2018 by W. W. Norton & Company.<ref>{{cite book|title=Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military|isbn=978-0393064445 |last1=Tyson |first1=Neil Degrasse |last2=Lang |first2=Avis |date=11 September 2018 |publisher=National Geographic Books }}</ref> The book chronicles war and the use of space as a weapon going as far back as before the Ancient Greeks, and includes examples such as Christopher Columbus' use of his knowledge of a lunar eclipse and the use of satellite intelligence by the United States during the Gulf War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/accessory-to-war-space-science-military-neil-degrasse-tyson|title='Accessory to War' probes the uneasy alliance between space science and the military|first=Maria|last=Temming|date=4 September 2018|publisher=Science News|accessdate=8 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Gleiser |first=Marcelo |author-link=Marcelo Gleiser |date=17 September 2018 |title='Accessory To War' An Uncomfortable Wake-Up Call For Some |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/17/648697495/accessory-to-war-an-uncomfortable-wake-up-call-for-some}}</ref> While speaking on the book, Tyson told ''National Geographic'' that he regards the collaboration between science and the military as a "two-way street."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Worrall |first=Simon |date=19 October 2018 |title=From telescopes to GPS: military, space science are linked |work=National Geographic |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/degrasse-tyson-military-war-space-astrophysics-book-talk}}</ref>

Marcelo Gleiser wrote that the book "rings like a wake-up call, even if an uncomfortable one."<ref name=":0" />

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== Further reading ==

* [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06612-w The long entanglement of war and astrophysics] - Sharon Weinberger, ''nature.com'' * [https://www.stripes.com/multimedia/podcasts/military_matters/2023-05-02/neil-degrasse-tyson-military-astrophysics-9970334.html Neil deGrasse Tyson on ‘Accessory to War’ and the ‘moon situation’] - Brian McElhiney, ''stripes.com'' * [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/magazine/neil-degrasse-tyson-war.html Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Surprising Alliance Between Astrophysicists and the Military] - John Ismay, ''The New York Times'' {{Neil deGrasse Tyson}}

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