Dr. Phil Plait

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author
science communicator
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gptkbp:author gptkb:Bad_Astronomy:_Misconceptions_and_Misuses_Revealed,_from_Astrology_to_the_Moon_Landing_'Hoax'
Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...
gptkbp:award Robert Balles Prize in Critical Thinking
gptkbp:birthDate 1964-09-30
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Philip_Cary_Plait
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
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gptkbp:degree PhD in Astronomy
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gptkbp:employer gptkb:Sonoma_State_University
gptkb:NASA_(contractor)
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science communication
skepticism
gptkbp:genre non-fiction
popular science
gptkbp:hasBlog gptkb:Bad_Astronomy
gptkbp:hostedBy Crash Course Astronomy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Phil Plait
gptkbp:influenced science communicator
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Sagan
gptkb:James_Randi
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debunking pseudoscience
public science outreach
gptkbp:language English
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gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
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gptkb:Death_from_the_Skies!
Crash Course Astronomy
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gptkb:writer
astronomer
gptkbp:president gptkb:James_Randi_Educational_Foundation
gptkbp:researchArea gptkb:astronomy
supernovae
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Boulder,_Colorado,_United_States
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gptkbp:twitter gptkb:@BadAstronomer
gptkbp:website https://www.syfy.com/tags/bad-astronomy
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