Bill Nye

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Bill Nye the science guy is a scientist who teaches kids about science through videos. He is a scientist, engineer, comedian, author and inventor. His full name is William Sanford Nye. He was born in Washington, D.C. He was born on November 27, 1955. His height is 6 feet 1 inch. His parents are Jacqueline and Edwin Darby Nye. His siblings are Susan Nye and Edwin Nye. His mother was a code breaker during World War II. His father was held at a Japanese prisoner camp. His earliest childhood memory was throwing a paper airplane powered by a rubber band. He tried to figure out how to make it turn. He also likes to ride his bicycle. He also liked to take apart the bike and see how it worked.
He went to New York’s Cornell University home of the Big Red. He was Carl Sagan’s student. He graduated in 1977 from Cornell. The other schools he went to was Lafayette Elementary, Sidwell Friends School, and Alice Deal Junior High Vikings. He then moved to Seattle, Washington. There he worked as a mechanical engineer for a company called the Boeing Aircraft Company. The next job he ha...

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