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'''William Sanford "Bill" Nye''' was born on November 27, 1995. He Is known as Bill Nye the Science Guy. | '''William Sanford "Bill" Nye''' was born on November 27, 1995. He Is also known as Bill Nye the Science Guy. He's an entertaining educator in science and a former mechanical engineer. | ||
==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
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. | |||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Works at the planetary society. prevents the earth from getting hit from an asteroid | |||
==Notable Scientific Discoveries and Contributions== | ==Notable Scientific Discoveries and Contributions== | ||
He wrote '''''Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation''''' | |||
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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 entertaining educator in science and a former mechanical engineer.
Early Life
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.
Education
Cornell Mechanical Engineering. Didn't even know there were gonna be females there then he went to boeing
Career
Works at the planetary society. prevents the earth from getting hit from an asteroid
Notable Scientific Discoveries and Contributions
He wrote Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
Awards and Honors
- 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
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