Bill Nye citáty

William Sanford Nye je americký popularizátor vědy. V roce 1977 absolvoval technický obor na Cornellově univerzitě, pracoval jako konstruktér ve firmě Boeing a vynalezl hydraulický tlumič otřesů. Od roku 1986 vystupoval jako televizní komik a od roku 1993 moderoval na stanici PBS dětský pořad o vědě Bill Nye the Science Guy, který získal devatenáct cen Emmy. Vydal knihu Nepopiratelné – Evoluce a věda o stvoření světa, v níž odmítl kreacionismus. Je členem Committee for Skeptical Inquiry a The Planetary Society a nositelem Carl Sagan Award for Public Appreciation of Science, American Humanist Association ho vyhlásila osobností roku 2010. Hostoval v televizních seriálech Blindspot , Vražedná čísla a Teorie velkého třesku, Hvězdná Brána: Atlantida zúčastnil se soutěže Dancing with the Stars. Wikipedia  

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“The passion and beauty and joy of science is that we humans have invented a process to understand the universe in a way that is true for everyone. We are finding universal truths.”

[NewsBank, 35, Associated Press, TV host decries U.S. failure to value science, math education, The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, December 10, 2000]

“The Earth is just a speck of sand in the universe. And there's no cavalry coming over the hill to rescue it.”

[NewsBank, Nye: We must all save the Earth, The Madison Courier, Madison, Indiana, February 21, 2009, Pat Whitney]

“I stand by my assertions that although you can know what happens to any individual species that you modify, you cannot be certain what will happen to the ecosystem. Also, we have a strange situation where we have malnourished fat people. It’s not that we need more food. It’s that we need to manage our food system better. So when corporations seek government funding for genetic modification of food sources, I stroke my chin.”

[NOTE: This position was retracted by Bill Nye less than four months later, per The Washington Post source March 3, 2015, below.]
Bill Nye Explains Why he is a GMO Skeptic, Discover Magazine, October 15, 2015, November 6, 2014, Keith, Kloor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/collideascape/2014/11/06/bill-nye-explains-gmo-skeptic,

“I can be educational, but if I'm not funny and entertaining, too, who's going to come and listen to me or watch me on TV.”

[NewsBank, D-01, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, brings humor to normally serious field, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York, March 9, 2005, Bill Buell]

“The more we learn about volcanoes, the more we learn about the earth. Learning about the earth is more important than it has ever been.”

[NewsBank, 'Science Guy' Visits Volcano, The Chronicle, Centralia, Washington, May 18, 2009, Paula Collucci]

“It is this fragile nature of the earth's atmosphere that I want everybody to appreciate. It's what I call your place in space.”

[NewsBank, Meagan Engle, ‘Science Guy' Nye tells Miami students to ‘change the world', Oxford Press, Ohio, January 31, 2011]

“When you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in (evolution) it holds everybody back, really.”

[NewsBank, Lily Kuo, Bill Nye the Science Guy: - Creationism not good for kids, The Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, August 28, 2012, Reuters]

“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.”

[NewsBank, D-01, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, brings humor to normally serious field, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York, March 9, 2005, Bill Buell]

“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.”

[NewsBank, Meagan Engle, ‘Science Guy' Nye tells Miami students to ‘change the world', Oxford Press, Ohio, January 31, 2011]

“What we want to do is not just less, but do more for less. I want the United States to lead the world in this. The more we mess around with this denial, the more we lose.”

Zdroj: [NewsBank, Sandy Fitzgerald, Marsha Blackburn Takes on 'Science Guy' on Climate Change, Newsmax.com, February 16, 2014]

“We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.”

[NewsBank, Lily Kuo, Bill Nye the Science Guy: - Creationism not good for kids, The Chronicle, Willimantic, Connecticut, August 28, 2012, Reuters]

“I'm an educator. You do what you have to do to get what you are saying across, and if that means being funny, that's what I do.”

[NewsBank, 'The Science Guy' returns to tackle issues for older audience, Journal Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, June 8, 2005, Associated Press]

“Science is the most important thing you can study in school.”

[NewsBank, 35, Associated Press, TV host decries U.S. failure to value science, math education, The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, December 10, 2000]

“Good science makes a clean environment.”

[B2, Legislature: Science guy tells rally: Vote, The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington, February 3, 2000, Karen Gaudette, Associated Press, NewsBank]

“I encourage you to look at the world around you and think about how it works. My friends, you can go forth and make this world a better place.”

[NewsBank, 03I, Science Guy Wants You to Ask, 'Why?', The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, October 24, 2001, Connie A. Higgins]

“I went to Monsanto, and I spent a lot of time with the scientists there, and I have revised my outlook, and I'm very excited about telling the world. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.”

[The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/03/proof-hes-the-science-guy-bill-nye-is-changing-his-mind-about-gmos/, October 15, 2015, Proof he’s the Science Guy: Bill Nye is changing his mind about GMOs, Puneet, Kollipara, March 3, 2015]

“When you compare Mars to Earth, and Venus to Earth, you can see the problem [earthlings face]. We do not want to become Venus.”

[NewsBank, Mark Bennett, Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum, The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana, September 24, 2010]

“Global climate change is a big deal to me. We need to change our ways.”

[NewsBank, Bill Nye ‚ Foundation fundraiser guy, The Reporter, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, April 1, 2006, Jeff Ertz]

“When people, some of them very intellectual, claim that evolution is not true, I get a little nervous.”

[NewsBank, D-01, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, brings humor to normally serious field, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York, March 9, 2005, Bill Buell]

“We have overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing. That you cannot tie any one event to that is not the same as doubt about the whole thing. There is no debate in the scientific community.”

[NewsBank, Bill Nye , ‘the science guy,’ vs. Marsh Blackburn, the climate change skeptic congresswoman, Knoxville News Sentinel: Blogs, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 17, 2014]

“Everything you can touch and depend on in our society goes back to science.”

[N1, Champs Science Bowl goes to NOHO, Daily News of Los Angeles, February 20, 2000, Amy Raisin, NewsBank]

“I will assert that U. S. economic growth is in lockstep with science and technology and, by extension, science education.”

[NewsBank, J.D. Velasco, Study: California's elementary schools barely teach science, The Whittier Daily News, California, October 25, 2011]

“Look at the facts. We need you to change things, not deny what's happening.”

[NewsBank, Sandy Fitzgerald, Marsha Blackburn Takes on 'Science Guy' on Climate Change, Newsmax.com, February 16, 2014]

“We want to get young people excited about inventing so they'll be future inventors, and change the world.”

[9, NewsBank, Click Life - Where kids get plugged in, New York Daily News, July 2, 2000, Alissa MacMillan]

“Without clouds we wouldn't have rain. Without rain there is no water, no crops and no food for you and me. Humans would not exist without the sun, heat, water and oxygen from plants.”

[NewsBank, 03I, Science Guy Wants You to Ask, 'Why?', The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, October 24, 2001, Connie A. Higgins]

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