Bill Nye

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William Sanford "Bill" Nye was born on November 27, 1995. He Is also known as Bill Nye the Science Guy. He's an educator in science,writer, and a former mechanical engineer.

Early Life and Education

Bill Nye was born in Washington, D.C., to Jacqueline Jenkins and Edwin Darby "Ned" Nye. His father sold advertising to banks. His mother was a cryptogropher and worked for the Navy in WWII. She also worked for many government agencies. She earned a doctorate in education. His grandfather was an organic chemist. His uncle was a geologist and his other uncle was a mechanical engineer.

His brother had an influential physics teacher that also influenced his life. He got a job in a bike shop and realized that mechanical engineers design bicycles at the age of 14. He liked to fly model rockets, kites, and blow things up.

Nye went to Lafayette Elementary, Alice Deal Junior High, and Sidwell Friends School.

Bill Nye received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1977.

Career

After graduating from Cornell, he worked at Boeing where he helped create a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor for the Boeing 747.

In Back to the Future:The Animated Series, he performed science as an assistant. The popularity obtained from this role landed him his own show Bill Nye the Science Guy. This show became very popular and was used to spark the interest of science in the minds of adults, children, and students.

From 2005 to 2010, he was the vice president at the Planetary Society, which is a group that believes in space research and exploration. They plan to protect the Earth from getting hit from an asteroid.

In 2010, he became the spokesperson for the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. This location tries to show the importance of climate change and they're trying to end it.

In 2013, he made it onto dancing with the stars, but was eliminated in the third week.

Notable Scientific Discoveries and Contributions

He wrote Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation in 2014, which is a book about the advancement of science that support evolution. He also wrote Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World in 2015, which is a book about how science can benefit the environment.

He developed a sundial for the Mars Exploration Rover, which was called the MarsDial. It had colors on it, which allowed NASA to determine nearby colors as well as the time.

He worked at Boeing where he helped create a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor for the Boeing 747.

He has a patent for ballet pointe shoes and a magnifying glass created by water.

He supported the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet.

Awards and Honors

International Science Advocate Award by the Council for Elementary Science International in 2000
Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series in Bill Nye the Science Guy in 2000
Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series in Bill Nye the Science Guy in 1999
Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series in Bill Nye the Science Guy in 1998
Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series in Bill Nye the Science Guy in 1997
Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series in Bill Nye the Science Guy in 1996

Connectedness

I would like to affect the masses as Bill Nye did.
I am a mechanical engineer, who would like to work at companies such as Boeing and develop new instrumentation.
The industrial application of his hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor is in the Boeing 747.