Ed Sobey
| Ed Sobey | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Oregon State University (Ph.D.) |
| 💼 Occupation | Oceanographer, historian, author |
Ed Sobey is an American oceanographer, scientist, author, and educator. He is the president of the Northwest Invention Center in Redmond, Oregon, and the founder of the National Toy Hall of Fame.
Early life
An emeritus of The Explorers Club, Sobey holds a Ph.D. from Oregon State University.[1] As an oceanographer, he has been on many expeditions, including "crossing the Pacific Ocean on a boat and wintering in Antarctica," as well as "conducting oceanographic surveys of the western and eastern Pacific Ocean."[1] Sobey recorded whale sounds from ocean kayaks.[1][2]
He has taught on three Semester at Sea voyages,[2] including for the fall 2008 voyage.[1] In 2012, Sobey was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Sweden.[1] Sobey travels around the world teaching. He conducts workshops for science teachers in many countries.[1] Sobey's central idea is that "everyone can learn to be more creative."[3]
Sobey has hosted two television series on science and inventing.[1][4] One of these, Kids Invent! "takes kids from idea to prototype to documentation, and on to a business plan and website." The other show, co-hosted by Sobey, aired on PBS Ohio.[2] Sobey also runs robotics camps.[4]
He has published a total of 33[2] books,[1] including The Motorboat Book, a guide for crafty children teaching them how to build toy motorboats;[5][6] and Unscrewed, a book that teaches how to take things apart and describes their components and potential reuses.[4][7] He is also the co-author of the EPA's manual for cleaning oil spills in the Arctic, as well as NOAA/BLM's analysis of environmental impacts from offshore drilling in Alaska. Most of his other books are field guides to technology, books on inventing, inventions, and how things work.[2]
Sobey was the director of five museums,[1][4] including a children's museum. He launched the National Inventors Hall of Fame and founded the National Toy Hall of Fame.[4] Sobey was also the first director of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Keyur Patel. "Ed Sobey". Unreasonable at Sea. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "President Ed Sobey Northwest Invention Center". Semester at Sea. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayfield, John E. (2013). The Engine of Complexity: Evolution as Computation. New York City: Columbia University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0231535281. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kathy Cecerl. "Undo-It-Yourself: Ed Sobey's Unscrewed Shows You What's Inside". Wired. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Tracy Grant (April 1, 2013). "Books to get kids outside this spring". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ↑ "The Motorboat Book". Chicago Review Press. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ed Sobey". Chicago Review Press. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021. Unknown parameter
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