Bill Nye

Bill Nye is an American science educator, television presenter, author, and mechanical engineer. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and worked as an engineer before becoming widely known as the host of Bill Nye the Science Guy. He is also the chief executive officer of The Planetary Society.

Nye has written numerous science books for children and general audiences, including Bill Nye the Science Guy’s Big Blast of Science, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World, and Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem. Secrets of Mental Math lists him as the author of its foreword; the book itself was written by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer.