Donna Nelson Quotes

With science becoming far more accessible to all of us, I've become a pretty avid reader and devourer of it. One of the objectives that I had working with Fringe was to get more people talking about it because it's such fun.

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.

I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.

People don't learn science in movies. You don't go to the movies thinking, 'I hope I learn some quantum mechanics this afternoon.' But on the other hand, movies are instrumental and influential in getting young people interested in science.

If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in a movie, you can start a debate. We like to create a bridge between those two worlds - film and science.

I'm a great believer that scientists should spend as much time as possible explaining, and you do explain in the process of teaching.

Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.

We need science education to produce scientists, but we need it equally to create literacy in the public. Man has a fundamental urge to comprehend the world about him …

As long as we continue to invest in good content that increases excitement about and understanding of science, we're on the right side of this fight, and I have no problem at all stealing from the toolbox of the clickbaiters.

Bill Nye the Science Guy' was awesome.

The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Science is too important not to be a part of popular culture.

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

Academic scientists aren't generally interested in books for the public. So when one comes out, the authors can't expect much praise from scientists. My goal both as a singer and an instructor is to educate through provocation and entertainment.

Science is cool! But it's easy for that to get lost in textbooks sometimes.

I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.

Anything that promotes a kernel of science, even though it's exaggerated and hyped by Hollywood, I think is a step forward. We in the ivory tower ultimately have to realize that in some sense we have to sing for our supper.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

If you're an adult and you choose not to believe in science, fine, but please don't prevent your children from learning about it and letting them draw their own conclusions.

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood by ordinary people.

My films are comical films. They are made to laugh at. They are comical - and scientifically correct.