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“I WON MY FIRST EMMY in 1987 for a local show I did called Almost Live! I did science demonstrations. We were so popular in the Pacific Northwest that we would air just before Saturday Night Live. Later, Bill Nye The Science Guy went on to win 19 Emmys, but that was the one that started it all. Principles of Heat Transfer is my textbook from college. In my day, it was common to take your textbooks to your engineering jobs. I was designing avionics and used that book all day for years—it got so beaten up that I had to drill holes to put in those rings to hold it together. Those are bicycle shoes in front; they’re…