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:''This article is about the American science educator. For other uses, see [[Bill Nye (disambiguation)]].''
:''This article is about the American science educator. For other uses, see [[Bill Nye (disambiguation)]].''
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'''[[w:Bill Nye|William Sanford "Bill" Nye]]''' (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as '''Bill Nye the Science Guy''', is an American [[Science education|science educator]], [[comedian]], [[w:television host|television host]], [[actor]], [[writer]], [[scientist]] and former [[mechanical engineer]], best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show ''[[w:Bill Nye the Science Guy|Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'' (1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
'''[[w:Bill Nye|William Sanford "Bill" Nye]]''' (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as '''Bill Nye the Science Guy''', is an American [[Science education|science educator]], [[comedian]], [[w:television host|television host]], [[actor]], [[writer]], [[scientist]] and former [[mechanical engineer]], best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show ''[[w:Bill Nye the Science Guy|Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'' (1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
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[[File:BillNyeAtUF.jpg|thumb|Science is the most important thing you can study in school.]]
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[[File:Bill Nye.jpg|thumb|When people, some of them very intellectual, claim that evolution is not true, I get a little nervous.]]
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[[File:Bill Nye at Tech (Cropped).jpg|thumb|I might be trying to change the world, but I also better be funny while I'm doing it. I've never lost sight of that.]]
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[[File:Bill Nye at Ohio State University in 2012.jpg|thumb|I don't want people memorizing the planets or counting how many plants there are in the world. But I want them to know that the world is 4.56 billion years old, and I want them to know how we know it is 4.56 billion years old.]]
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[[File:Bill Nye lectures at 2013 CFI Summit.jpg|thumb|Half the humans are women, so I think half the scientists should be women - a legacy of my parents.]]
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[[File:Bill Nye at the University of Missouri.jpg|thumb|I say to the grownups, 'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it.']]
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[[File:Bill Nye, Barack Obama and Neil deGrasse Tyson selfie 2014.jpg|thumb|We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.]]
*Good science makes a clean environment.
*Good science makes a clean environment.
**{{cite news|page=B2|title=Legislature: Science guy tells rally: Vote|work=The Columbian|location=Vancouver, Washington|date=February 3, 2000|author=Karen Gaudette|agency=Associated Press|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]}}
**{{cite news|page=B2|title=Legislature: Science guy tells rally: Vote|work=The Columbian|location=Vancouver, Washington|date=February 3, 2000|author=Karen Gaudette|agency=Associated Press|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]}}
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**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Bill Nye ‚ Foundation fundraiser guy|work=The Reporter|location=Lansdale, Pennsylvania|date=April 1, 2006|author=Jeff Ertz}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Bill Nye ‚ Foundation fundraiser guy|work=The Reporter|location=Lansdale, Pennsylvania|date=April 1, 2006|author=Jeff Ertz}}
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[[File:BillNyeAtUF.jpg|thumb|[[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]] onstage at the [[w:Phillips Center for the Performing Arts|Phillips Center for the Performing Arts]] at the [[w:University of Florida|University of Florida]]. (2007)]]
*Change the world - even if ever so slightly - is my goal.
*Change the world - even if ever so slightly - is my goal.
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Nye: We must all save the Earth|work=The Madison Courier|location=Madison, Indiana|date=February 21, 2009|author=Pat Whitney}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Nye: We must all save the Earth|work=The Madison Courier|location=Madison, Indiana|date=February 21, 2009|author=Pat Whitney}}
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**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title='Science Guy' Visits Volcano|work=The Chronicle|location=Centralia, Washington|date=May 18, 2009|author=Paula Collucci }}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title='Science Guy' Visits Volcano|work=The Chronicle|location=Centralia, Washington|date=May 18, 2009|author=Paula Collucci }}
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[[File:Bill Nye.jpg|thumb|[[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]] at The Up Experience (2010)]]
*People like to grab stuff, hold things in their hands and make things happen. Children’s museums are ideal for these kinds of things. There’s nothing more fun, to me.
*People like to grab stuff, hold things in their hands and make things happen. Children’s museums are ideal for these kinds of things. There’s nothing more fun, to me.
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mark Bennett|title=Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum|work=The Tribune-Star|location=Terre Haute, Indiana|date=September 24, 2010}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mark Bennett|title=Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum|work=The Tribune-Star|location=Terre Haute, Indiana|date=September 24, 2010}}
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**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mark Bennett|title=Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum|work=The Tribune-Star|location=Terre Haute, Indiana|date=September 24, 2010}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mark Bennett|title=Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum|work=The Tribune-Star|location=Terre Haute, Indiana|date=September 24, 2010}}
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[[File:Bill Nye at Tech (Cropped).jpg|thumb|[[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]] speaking to an audience (2011)]]
*It's not cool ... or it's not cool enough. The world is getting warmer, that's all there is to it. I want you guys to stop this. I want you to change the world.
*It's not cool ... or it's not cool enough. The world is getting warmer, that's all there is to it. I want you guys to stop this. I want you to change the world.
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Meagan Engle|title=‘Science Guy' Nye tells Miami students to ‘change the world'|work=Oxford Press|location=Ohio|date=January 31, 2011}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Meagan Engle|title=‘Science Guy' Nye tells Miami students to ‘change the world'|work=Oxford Press|location=Ohio|date=January 31, 2011}}
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**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mike Anton|agency=Los Angeles Times|work=The Seattle Times|location=Seattle, Washington|title=Fully loaded robot heading off to Mars|date=November 20, 2011}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mike Anton|agency=Los Angeles Times|work=The Seattle Times|location=Seattle, Washington|title=Fully loaded robot heading off to Mars|date=November 20, 2011}}
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[[File:Bill Nye at Ohio State University in 2012.jpg|thumb|[[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]] speaking at [[w:Ohio State University|Ohio State University]] (2012)]]
*Spacecraft sent to Mars, Saturn, Mercury, the moon, comets, and asteroids have been making incredible discoveries, with more to come from recent launches to Jupiter, the moon, and Mars. The country needs more of these robotic space exploration missions, not less.
*Spacecraft sent to Mars, Saturn, Mercury, the moon, comets, and asteroids have been making incredible discoveries, with more to come from recent launches to Jupiter, the moon, and Mars. The country needs more of these robotic space exploration missions, not less.
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Tom Beal|title=Space research here faces a horizon of closures, cuts|work=The Arizona Daily Star|location=Tucson, Arizona|February 15, 2012}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Tom Beal|title=Space research here faces a horizon of closures, cuts|work=The Arizona Daily Star|location=Tucson, Arizona|February 15, 2012}}
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**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Lily Kuo|title=Bill Nye the Science Guy: - Creationism not good for kids|work=The Chronicle|location=Willimantic, Connecticut|date=August 28, 2012|agency=Reuters}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Lily Kuo|title=Bill Nye the Science Guy: - Creationism not good for kids|work=The Chronicle|location=Willimantic, Connecticut|date=August 28, 2012|agency=Reuters}}
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[[File:Bill Nye lectures at 2013 CFI Summit.jpg|thumb|[[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]] speaking at the [[w:Center for Inquiry|Center for Inquiry]] summit (2013)]]
*How could there be billions of stars more distant than 6,000 years, if the world is only 6,000 years old?
*How could there be billions of stars more distant than 6,000 years, if the world is only 6,000 years old?
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate|work=The Times and Democrat|location=Orangeburg, South Carolina|date=February 4, 2014}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate|work=The Times and Democrat|location=Orangeburg, South Carolina|date=February 4, 2014}}
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**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Bill Nye , ‘the science guy,’ vs. Marsh Blackburn, the climate change skeptic congresswoman|work=Knoxville News Sentinel: Blogs |location=Knoxville, Tennessee|date=February 17, 2014}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Bill Nye , ‘the science guy,’ vs. Marsh Blackburn, the climate change skeptic congresswoman|work=Knoxville News Sentinel: Blogs |location=Knoxville, Tennessee|date=February 17, 2014}}
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The problem is we have this thin atmosphere and a lot of people trying to breathe it. It's this thinness of the atmosphere that has allowed humankind to accidentally change the climate of the planet.
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*The problem is we have this thin atmosphere and a lot of people trying to breathe it. It's this thinness of the atmosphere that has allowed humankind to accidentally change the climate of the planet.
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Popular science guy|work=The Orange County Register|location=Santa Ana, California|date=March 21, 2014|author=Sherri Cruz}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title=Popular science guy|work=The Orange County Register|location=Santa Ana, California|date=March 21, 2014|author=Sherri Cruz}}
==About==
==About==
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[[File:Bill Nye at the University of Missouri.jpg|thumb|[[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]] speaking at the [[w:University of Missouri|University of Missouri]] (2014)]]
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*Nye, a Cornell University graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering, studied under the late astronomer Carl Sagan.
*Nye, a Cornell University graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering, studied under the late astronomer Carl Sagan.
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|page=03I|title=Science Guy Wants You to Ask, 'Why?'|work=The Columbus Dispatch|location=Ohio|date=October 24, 2001|author=Connie A. Higgins}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|page=03I|title=Science Guy Wants You to Ask, 'Why?'|work=The Columbus Dispatch|location=Ohio|date=October 24, 2001|author=Connie A. Higgins}}
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**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title='Science Guy' Visits Volcano|work=The Chronicle|location=Centralia, Washington|date=May 18, 2009|author=Paula Collucci }}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|title='Science Guy' Visits Volcano|work=The Chronicle|location=Centralia, Washington|date=May 18, 2009|author=Paula Collucci }}
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[[File:Bill Nye, Barack Obama and Neil deGrasse Tyson selfie 2014.jpg|thumb|[[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]] taking a photograph with U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] and scientist [[Neil DeGrasse Tyson]] (2014)]]
*Bill Nye left a lasting impression on youngsters (and their parents) who watched his Emmy Award-winning television show “ Bill Nye the Science Guy” from 1993 to ’97. They saw him explain chemical reactions using steel wool, electricity, oxygen and a balloon, and saw him demonstrate gravity by throwing a watermelon, milk carton, tofu, a lamp, a computer and a TV off a building top.
*Bill Nye left a lasting impression on youngsters (and their parents) who watched his Emmy Award-winning television show “ Bill Nye the Science Guy” from 1993 to ’97. They saw him explain chemical reactions using steel wool, electricity, oxygen and a balloon, and saw him demonstrate gravity by throwing a watermelon, milk carton, tofu, a lamp, a computer and a TV off a building top.
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mark Bennett|title=Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum|work=The Tribune-Star|location=Terre Haute, Indiana|date=September 24, 2010}}
**{{cite news|via=[[w:NewsBank|NewsBank]]|author=Mark Bennett|title=Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum|work=The Tribune-Star|location=Terre Haute, Indiana|date=September 24, 2010}}