Scott Manley
| Scott Manley | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 31 December 1972 Troon, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | Developer at Apple Inc |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 790 thousand[1] (13 December 2018) |
| Total views | 240 million[1] (13 December 2018) |
Scott Manley is a Scottish YouTube personality, gamer, programmer, astrophysicist and DJ.[2] In his YouTube channel, he plays space-themed video games (especially noted for playing Kerbal Space Program[3]) while he explains much of the science involved. He also makes videos discussing other science-related topics and news, mainly concerning up-to-date rocket science developments.[4][5] Unlike other Youtube channels concerning similar topics, Manley has the advantage of having an academic background in science.[6][7] As to 13 December 2018, his channel had about 790 thousand subscribers and up to 240 million views.
He is known among his followers as the "astronogamer", as he is the most important youtuber whose goal lies in blending both video games and science.[8] Because of this he has become truly popular in the niche community of space enthusiasts and gamers. [9]
Education and career
After a year studying at the University of Glasgow, Scott received a BSc in physics and astronomy in 1994, and an MSc in computational physics a year later.
In 2002, he worked as an engineer for Napster Inc. Later, from 2002 up until 2004, he worked as a research engineer for Qualys Inc. From 2004 to 2009, he worked as a security architect in imeem inc, where he developed and maintained audio and video upload, transcoding, fingerprinting system among other things.
Since November 2012, he has been working as a developer for Apple Inc, and as a Search Engineer for Topsy Labs since December 2009. [2]
Notable Collaborations
Author Anne McCaffrey consulted with Scott on the effects of asteroid impacts while writing the The Skies Of Pern[10] determining the orbit of the comet and providing advice on how the event should be portrayed.[11]
Scott is one of the original participants of Asteroid Day and was a keynote speaker at the launch in 2015[12] as well as hosting their regular "Asteroid Update" segments [13]
References
- ^ a b "About Scott Manley". YouTube.
- ^ a b "Scott Manley | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Meet the Man(ley) that taught the world how to Kerbalise space". KitGuru. 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Scott Manley". B612. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ Scott Manley, Commercial Astronauts Make Historic Space Flight, retrieved 2018-12-13
- ^ Howell, Elizabeth (2016-08-26). "'Astronogamer': When Space Science Meets Gaming". Seeker. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "China's artificial moon — The numbers 'just don't add up' | DW | 24.10.2018". DW.COM. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Shacknews Close-Up: Scott Manley, the Astronogamer". Shacknews. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "A far cry from Call of Duty, Kerbal Space Program is inspiring players to learn physics (VIDEO)". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Anne McCaffrey on THE PHYSICS OF PERN".
- ^ "Found some old graphics I sent to Anne McCaffrey when I was figuring out the comet impact for Skies Of Pern".
- ^ "Asteroids In Video Games".
- ^ "Asteroid Update".
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