Total 24, days old now. He was born in in Washington DC and has been keen on science and learning since his early ages. After graduating from university and receiving a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Bill found a job at Boeing Corporation and even made a small invention that has been used in Boeing planes ever since. In the early s he started volunteering in promoting science and in he joined the team of writers for Almost Live!
Inspired by Donald Herbert, Nye began doing a part of the show where scientific experiments turned into something really fun and interesting. In the early s, he became a host of his personal show Bill Nye, the Science Guy which was targeted to promote science among children.
The show became extremely popular and won a lot of TV awards including a dozen Emmy Awards. In , Nye took on a different type of television role by joining the cast of celebrity contestants on the popular competition Dancing with the Stars. In , Nye launched a Netflix show, Bill Nye Saves the World , which explores science topics that affect everyday lives and invites both celebrity guest speakers and experts to join in on the discussions. Along with his TV programs, Nye has written several children's books about science.
Moving on to more grown-up fare, he published Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation in and followed with Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World the next year. In , he delivered Everything All at Once , in which he promised to show how "thinking like a nerd is the key to changing yourself and the world around you. When Nye isn't acting, making TV and film appearances or writing, he is working as a scientist. In the early s, he helped develop sundials that were used in the Mars Exploration Rover missions.
From to , he served as vice president and then as second executive director of The Planetary Society, one of the largest space-interest groups in the world. He is also a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, a nonprofit scientific and educational organization that aims to promote scientific inquiry and critical investigation: Nye has said that he is concerned about scientific illiteracy and wants to help teach the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims.
Nye made headlines for a video posted to YouTube on August 23, , in which he explains that the denial of evolution in the United States is generally unique compared to the rest of the world's advanced nations. For several years, Nye served as the Frank H. How much of Bill Nye's work have you seen?
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Like Carl Sagan, Bill Nye believes that science can inspire children to go into science fields, when taught correctly. Nye wants more STEM programs to be available for people of all ages, and at every level.
Being a frequent speaker at conferences for the National Science Teachers Association, Nye has been very vocal about the need to have more resources dedicated to education, and particularly STEM education. The engineer prides himself on being a lifelong learner, too. His opponent was actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. Nye had worked hard to make his house eco-friendly as possible and his neighbor, Begley, took that as a challenge. Both of them worked hard to outdo each other. In , Nye was winning, thanks to various upgrades and solar panels.
However, things changed when Begley installed his own, more efficient, solar panels on his roof. No one has officially been declared the winner, but it is safe to say that the environment won.
The scientist has served as vice president and then as the second executive director of The Planetary Society, one of the world's largest space-interest groups. Nye is also a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, a nonprofit scientific and educational organization that aims to promote scientific inquiry and critical investigation. In addition to being a visiting Professor at Cornell, Nye has consistently used his platform as an entertainer to inspire scientific thought and combat scientific illiteracy.
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