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

Bill Nye left a lasting impression on youngsters (and their parents) who watched his Emmy Award-winning television show “ Bill Nye the Science Guy” from 1993 to ’97. They saw him explain chemical reactions using steel wool, electricity, oxygen and a balloon, and saw him demonstrate gravity by throwing a watermelon, milk carton, tofu, a lamp, a computer and a TV off a building top.

— Mark Bennett

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Bill Nye left a lasting impression on youngsters (and their parents) who watched his Emmy Award-winning television show “ Bill Nye the Science Guy” from 1993 to ’97. They saw him explain chemical reactions using steel wool, electricity, oxygen and a balloon, and saw him demonstrate gravity by throwing a watermelon, milk carton, tofu, a lamp, a computer and a TV off a building top." in the context of "Mark Bennett (September 24, 2010), Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum work: The Tribune-Star, place: Terre Haute, Indiana" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bill Nye

About Bill Nye

William Sanford "Bill" Nye (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and former mechanical engineer, best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.