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Scott Manley
Personal information
Born31 December 1972
Troon, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationDeveloper at Apple Inc
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers836 thousand[1]
(17 February 2019)
Total views250 million[1]
(17 February 2019)

Scott Manley is a British 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] He enjoys using his scientific background to help teach science while playing games.[5][6] As of 19 January 2019, his channel has about 830 thousand subscribers and up to 251 million views.

He is known among his followers as the "astronogamer", as he is one of the few YouTubers blending both video games and science.[7] However, he is still popular in the niche community of space enthusiasts and gamers.[8]

Education and career

After a year studying at the University of Glasgow, Manley 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. Later, from 2002 up until 2004, he worked as a research engineer for Qualys. From 2004 to 2009, he worked as a security architect in imeem, where he developed and maintained audio and video upload, transcoding, fingerprinting system among other things.

Scott's current employment is at Apple Inc, he joined Topsy Labs in 2009 and in 2013 Topsy was acquired by Apple.[2]

Notable Collaborations

Author Anne McCaffrey consulted with Manley on the effects of asteroid impacts while writing the The Skies Of Pern[9] determining the orbit of the comet and providing advice on how the event should be portrayed.[10]

Manley is one of the original participants of Asteroid Day and was a keynote speaker at the launch in 2015[11] as well as hosting their regular "Asteroid Update" segments.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Scott Manley". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "Scott Manley | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Martindale, Jon (2014-01-22). "Meet the Man(ley) that taught the world how to Kerbalise space". KitGuru. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  4. ^ "Scott Manley". B612. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  5. ^ Howell, Elizabeth (2016-08-26). "'Astronogamer': When Space Science Meets Gaming". Seeker. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  6. ^ Dillon, Conor (2018-10-24). "China's artificial moon — The numbers 'just don't add up'". DW.COM. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  7. ^ Mejia, Ozzie (2016-02-01). "Shacknews Close-Up: Scott Manley, the Astronogamer". Shacknews. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  8. ^ Boone, Jeb (2013-08-01). "A far cry from Call of Duty, Kerbal Space Program is inspiring players to learn physics (VIDEO)". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  9. ^ "Anne McCaffrey on THE PHYSICS OF PERN". RandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  10. ^ Scott Manley (1 February 2015). "Found some old graphics I sent to Anne McCaffrey when I was figuring out the comet impact for Skies Of Pern". Twitter. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Asteroids In Video Games". B612. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Asteroid Day Update – Featuring Scott Manley". Asteroidday.org. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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