🎭 Culture 2d ago · Colin Marshall

Before Bill Nye, There Was Julius Sumner Miller: Watch Complete Episodes of His Classic Science Show, Why Is It So?, Free Online (1962–73)

Open Culture
The best free cultural & educational media on the web
View Channel →
Before Bill Nye, There Was Julius Sumner Miller: Watch Complete Episodes of His Classic Science Show, Why Is It So?, Free Online (1962–73)
Source ↗ 👁 0 💬 0
“We are approaching a darkness in the land. Boys and girls are emerging from every level of school with certificates and degrees, but they can’t read, write or calculate. We don’t have academic honesty or intellectual rigor.” That quote may sound like a familiar lament today, but it’s actually drawn from an interview conducted about half a century ago with the physicist and television host Julius Sumner Miller. If that name sounds familiar to you, there’s a fair chance you’re an Australian who g

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

📰
Nike’s Star-Spangled AF1 Is Patriotic Sportsmanship At Its Most Stylish (& Subtle)
Highsnobiety · 5h ago
Matt Smith Goes Dark on ‘House of the Dragon’
NYT > Arts · 16h ago
Under a Turtle Shell, a Stunning New Home for Shakespeare
NYT > Arts · 18h ago
📰
Hot Watch Summer Looks a Lot Like a Pastel Hublot
Highsnobiety · 19h ago
James Burrows, Master of the TV Sitcom, Dies at 85
NYT > Arts · 19h ago
📰
The Real Test of Swedish Outerwear? Sweden Weather
Highsnobiety · 20h ago