Book

Nye, Bill, author.

Everything all at once : how to unleash your inner nerd, tap into radical curiosity, and solve any problem / by Bill Nye ; edited by Corey S. Powell.

Emmaus, Pennsylvania : Rodale Books, [2017]

©2017

ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. In Everything All at Once, Bill Nye will help you find yours. With his call to arms, he wants you to examine every detail of the most difficult problems that look unsolvable--that is, until you find the solution. Bill shows you how to develop critical thinking skills and create change, using his "everything all at once" approach that leaves no stone unturned"--www.amazon.com

Includes index.

Nye, Bill -- Anecdotes.

Critical thinking.

Problem solving.

Science television programs -- Anecdotes.

Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.

SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs.

SCIENCE / Essays.

Anecdotes.

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Powell, Corey S., 1966- editor.

Bill's guide to doing everything all at once -- Part I: Principles of nerd living -- The tao of phi -- Scout lifeguarding -- Me against the rock -- When slide rules ruled -- The first Earth Day and national service -- How my parents quit smoking -- Ned and the "thanks" sign -- Why the bow tie? -- Land of the free, home of the nerds -- Everybody knows something you don't -- Part II: Nerd ideas into nerd actions -- The joy of constraints -- Upside-downside pyramid of design -- Comedy and me -- Not faking it -- Resonating to the nerd beat -- Critical thinking, critical filtering -- A vaccine against deception -- Destiny be damned--full speed ahead -- Time for measured urgency -- A mind is a wonderful thing to change -- Part III: How to change the world -- Are you an imposter? -- How high can you go? -- Tragedy of the traffic accident -- Cold hard facts of ice -- West Virginians and all that coal -- Security through nerdiness -- Think cosmically, act globally -- Humans control the Earth: nerds should guide the humans -- A reasoner's manifesto -- Design for a better future.

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