Tim Bowling's guest appearances

Tim Bowling

The Biblio File: Hosted by Nigel Beale

The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale

Mark, My Words!

Ken's Nearest Neighbors 

Donald Trump

Quentin Tarantino

Nicholson Baker

Tom Doherty

Harlan Coben

Cory Doctorow

Yann Martel

Sydney Smith

George Eliot

Benjamin Moore

Larry Thompson

Alex Ross

Lawrence Krauss

Margaret MacMillan

Lionel Trilling

OwlTail

KNN Ep. 02 - In this episode I interview my friend Tim Bowling who transitioned from a NASA Physicist to a Data Scientist.Tim's work focused on simulating asteroid collisions and understanding the possible impacts that these could have on planet habitability. Before entering data science, he attended a data science boot camp in Chicago called metis. He believes that these could be helpful for some people entering the field, but not for everyone. I talk with Tim about his expectations about data science versus reality, and about how his previous experience have made him successful in the field. We also talk at length about what someone who is new to data science should do to achieve success in their first position in the field.

KNN Ep. 02 - In this episode I interview my friend Tim Bowling who transitioned from a NASA Physicist to a Data Scientist. Tim's work focused on simulating asteroid collisions and understanding the possible impacts that these could have on planet habitability.  Before entering data science, he attended a data science boot camp in Chicago called metis. He believes that these could be helpful for some people entering the field, but not for everyone.  I talk with Tim about his expectations about data science versus reality, and about how his previous experience have made him successful in the field.  We also talk at length about what someone who is new to data science should do to achieve success in their first position in the field.

NASA Physicist Turned Data Scientist (Tim Bowling) - KNN Ep. 02

Tim Bowling of Hoover Paint of Murfreesboro, TN.

MMW Episode 21 Tim Bowling

Tim Bowling's collections of poetry include Fathom, The Book Collector, and The Memory Orchard. He has written three novels, including The Bone Sharps and The Paperboy’s Winter. Twice shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, Tim has won the Canadian Authors’ Association Award for Poetry and two Alberta Book Awards. In 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Tim was in Ottawa for Versefest. We met to talk about his book  In the Suicide's Library,  an entertaining, fast-paced meditation (yes, unusual) on modern life, the responsibilities of marriage and parenting, middle-age and books and book collecting. Topics covered include yes, book collecting, coincidence, suicide, the spirit, passion and harmony of books, the use of hands, the line between bibliophiles and maniacs, and the importance of physical books to the culture; we also cover writing about one’s book collections;  the sense of community among book collectors, the temptation of the material, possession, The Great Gatsby and green light, Las Vegas, the power of knowledge, the pros and cons of the Internet, Serendipity Books, ‘shattering the groove,’ mid-life, change, parenthood,  and investing life with meaning.

Tim Bowling's collections of poetry include Fathom, The Book Collector, and The Memory Orchard. He has written three novels, including The Bone Sharps and The Paperboy’s Winter. Twice shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, Tim has won the Canadian Authors’ Association Award for Poetry and two Alberta Book Awards. In 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Tim was in Ottawa for <a href="http://versefest.ca/year/2018/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Versefest</a>. We met to talk about his book <a href="http://www.gaspereau.com/bookInfo.php?AID=0&amp;AISBN=9781554470891" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> In the Suicide's Library</a>,  an entertaining, fast-paced meditation (yes, unusual) on modern life, the responsibilities of marriage and parenting, middle-age and books and book collecting. Topics covered include yes, book collecting, coincidence, suicide, the spirit, passion and harmony of books, the use of hands, the line between bibliophiles and maniacs, and the importance of physical books to the culture; we also cover writing about one’s book collections;  the sense of community among book collectors, the temptation of the material, possession, The Great Gatsby and green light, Las Vegas, the power of knowledge, the pros and cons of the Internet, Serendipity Books, ‘shattering the groove,’ mid-life, change, parenthood,  and investing life with meaning.

Tim Bowling on Book Collecting and In the Suicide's Library