BILL NYE

contribution to science

• He wanted to help people everywhere understand &
• appreciate the science that makes our world work.
• Making science entertaining is something Bill has
• been doing most of his life.

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• He was born on November 27, 1955.
• He went to Cornell University

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• He is known for being Bill Nye The Science Guy
• He moved to Seattle to work as a mechanical engineer for the Boeing Company and
• eventually became a comedy show writer and performer

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• Full name: William Sanford Nye
• Invented an improved version of ballet shoes

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• Bill was a professor at Cornell University
• He helped develop sundials that were used
• in the Mars Exploration Rover missions

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• He was a contestant in the 17th season
• of "Dancing with the Stars."
• Bill was born in Washington D.C.

Bibliography

• http://www.biography.com/people/bill-nye-20950589?page=1
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye
• http://www.billnye.com

Bibliography

• http://www.famousscientists.org/bill-nye/

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