Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017) on Netflix
NR20171h 35mDocumentary
Bill Nye retires his children's show act to emulate Carl Sagan, his late professor. At The Planetary Society he pursues Sagan's solar sail while evolution and climate contrarians challenge him.
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Plot summary
Bill Nye, a mechanical engineer and science communicator, is the star of the PBS children's show Bill Nye the Science Guy. He steps away from that kid show persona to follow his late professor, the astronomer Carl Sagan. Sagan, who founded The Planetary Society in 1980, dreamed of launching a solar sail into space, and Nye, now the organization's chief executive, takes up that goal. He also addresses a wider audience about science advocacy and education. Evolution and climate change contrarians challenge him to defend the scientific consensus, pulling him away from the spacecraft work while he argues for evidence in public life.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017)
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- The documentary was pitched to Bill Nye by filmmakers David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg and Seth Gordon at a hotel bar in San Francisco in October 2014.
