Washington and Lee University
When:
May 15,
2008
7:30 p.m.
Where:
Elrod Commons Stackhouse Theater
Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author and inventor, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been doing most of his life.
In Seattle when working for Boeing, Bill began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy. He developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Eventually, he quit his day engineering day job and made the transition to comedy writer and performer on Seattle’s home-grown ensemble comedy show “Almost Live.” This is where “Bill Nye the Science Guy®” was born. He won seven Emmy Awards for writing, performing and producing.
America’s favorite stand-up scientist hasn’t changed much from that kid growing up in Washington, DC. He still rides his bike to work. He tutored inner-city kids in the I Have a Dream program. And, he’ll still pull out his Periodic Table of the Elements or his Map of Human Skin Tone from his wallet. Bill visits Cornell, his alma mater, regularly as a professor in his own right as part of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Visiting Professorship.
