My Adventures As an Amateur Scientist

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Society & Culture, Astronomy, Life Sciences, Science, Philosophy

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Can a successful scientist be self-taught? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Forrest M. Mims about his new memoir Maverick Scientist: My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist. Without a college science degree, Mims taught himself the fundamentals of engineering and atmospheric science that fueled an impressive career in science and technology. Listen as he shares more stories from an inspiring career! This interview is also available in video form. See the Discovery Science YouTube channel for links.

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0:00.0	I. D. the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:11.0	Welcome to I. D. the Future. I'm your host Andrew McDermott. Well today I'm
0:16.2	excited to continue my conversation with Forrest Mims to discuss his new memoir
0:21.0	Maverick Scientist, My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist.
0:25.7	Named by Discover magazine as one of the 50 best brains and science, Mims is an instrument
0:30.6	designer, science writer, and independent science consultant.
0:35.2	He has made regular observations of the ozone layer, solar ultraviolet radiation, photosynthetic
0:41.0	radiation, column water vapor, and aerosol optical thickness since 1989 at his Geronimo Creek Observatory in Texas.
0:50.0	He co-founded Mitz, Inc. the company that introduced the first commercially successful personal computer and made history in the doing of that, and signs probe magazine, which he edited.
1:02.0	His columns have appeared in Scientific American,
1:04.4	popular electronics, modern electronics, the citizen scientist, and elsewhere.
1:09.7	His scientific publications have appeared in nature, science,
1:13.6	photochemistry and photobiology, the Journal of Molecular Evolution,
1:17.6	the Journal of Geophysical Research, Applied Optics,
1:20.8	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and other peer-reviewed journals.
1:26.2	He has published over 60 books with publishers too that include McGraw Hill, Prentice Hill, Radio Shack
1:31.6	and others. His Radio Shack books alone have sold over 7.5 million copies.
1:37.0	Mims has consulted for NASA and NOAA and is recipient of the Rolex Award for Enterprise.
1:44.0	Forrest, welcome back to ID the future.
1:46.0	Thank you.
1:48.0	For those who may not have turned into or tuned into our first conversation yet,
1:52.0	Forrest forged a distinguished scientific career, despite having no academic training in science.
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