Forrest Mims: The Making of a Maverick Scientist

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Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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What does it take to be a scientist? For Forrest Mims, the answer is simple: you just have to do science. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with a man who has forged an impressive scientific career on curiosity, determination, and a lot of hard work. In the first of a two-part interview, Mims discusses his coming of age in the silicon era, sharing some of his many exploits as a young inventor and amateur scientist. Mims's new memoir Maverick Scientist is now available. More at idthefuture.com.

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0:00.0	I. Welcome to IED the Future. I'm your host Andrew McDermott. Well today I'm honored to welcome
0:18.2	Forest Mims to the podcast to discuss his new memoir, Maverick Scientist, My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist.
0:26.0	Named by Discover magazine as one of the 50 Best Brains and Science, Mims is an instrument designer, a science writer, and an independent science consultant.
0:36.0	He has made regular observations of the ozone layer, solar ultraviolet radiation, photosynthetic radiation, column water vapor, and aerosol optical
0:45.7	thickness since 1989 at his Geronimo Creek Observatory in Texas.
0:51.7	He co-founded Mitz, Inc. the company that introduced the first commercially successful
0:56.6	personal computer and Science Pro magazine, which he edited. His columns have appeared in Scientific American, Popular Electronics, Modern Electronics,
1:06.8	The Citizen Scientist, and elsewhere. His scientific publications have appeared in nature, science, photo chemistry and
1:14.4	photo biology, the Journal of Molecular Evolution, the Journal of Geophysical
1:18.8	research, Applied Optics, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and other peer-reviewed journals.
1:25.3	He has also published over 60 books with publishers that include McGraw Hill, Prentice Hill,
1:31.2	Radio Shack and others. His Radial Shack books alone have sold over 7.5 million copies.
1:38.0	Mims has consulted for NASA and NOAA, NOAA, and is recipient of the Rolex Award for Enterprise.
1:47.0	Forrest, welcome to ID the Future.
1:49.0	Thank you.
1:50.0	Well, you forged a distinguished scientific career despite having no academic training in science.
1:57.0	You're known for saying to be a scientist you just have to do science.
2:02.0	And you've written a memoir detailing your fascinating career in technology and science
2:07.0	called Maverick Scientist, my adventures as an amateur scientist.
2:11.0	It's published by Make Books, the organization behind Make magazine,
2:15.6	and the Make community of Do It Yourself makers across the globe, which I think is a good choice of publisher since you've been publishing columns at that magazine,
2:24.7	inspiring makers of all ages and skills since 2009.
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