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Wired News has an article about Bill Nye’s latest television series, this time directed at adults.

If you’re a child of the ’80s and went to public school, you’ll probably remember having watched “Bill Nye the Science Guy” at some point during your education. I certainly do. He was one of many people that fueled the fire for my exploration of the world, and helped me remember that science was fun.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a scientist. More specifically, I wanted to be a chemist: on “Career Day” in first grade, I turned a friend’s white Harris Teeter smock* inside out and voilà!—instant labcoat. Add a pair of glasses with the lenses knocked out, and I’m a regular geek-in-training at age six. I was going to cure AIDS, cure cancer, and build bigger bombs than anybody before (hey, I was six).

Science was fun. It was for the pursuit of scientific knowledge that I wanted to go to school until my motives began to change near the end of high school. Bill Nye was one of those guys whom I really looked up to in those formative years, and enjoyed even when (I thought) I’d outgrown his kids’ show. I’m glad to see he’s back, and hasn’t lost his sense of humor.

Anybody else remember this guy? (Anonymous comments now re-enabled!)

* He was about forty at the time; I’ve always kept company with the older crowd!

http://www.eyesofnye.org/

Wired News has an article about Bill Nye’s latest television series, this time directed at adults.

If you’re a child of the ’80s and went to public school, you’ll probably remember having watched “Bill Nye the Science Guy” at some point during your education. I certainly do. He was one of many people that fueled the fire for my exploration of the world, and helped me remember that science was fun.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a scientist. More specifically, I wanted to be a chemist: on “Career Day” in first grade, I turned a friend’s white Harris Teeter smock* inside out and voilà!—instant labcoat. Add a pair of glasses with the lenses knocked out, and I’m a regular geek-in-training at age six. I was going to cure AIDS, cure cancer, and build bigger bombs than anybody before (hey, I was six).

Science was fun. It was for the pursuit of scientific knowledge that I wanted to go to school until my motives began to change near the end of high school. Bill Nye was one of those guys whom I really looked up to in those formative years, and enjoyed even when (I thought) I’d outgrown his kids’ show. I’m glad to see he’s back, and hasn’t lost his sense of humor.

Anybody else remember this guy? (Anonymous comments now re-enabled!)

* He was about forty at the time; I’ve always kept company with the older crowd!