As a radiation health physicist, Panati was deeply concerned about the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in March 1979.
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In the early 1980s Panati was approached by producer Al Masini about turning his latest book, The Browser’s Book of Beginnings (1984), into a weekly TV show.
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The book became the basis for the Sunday-night hit The Start of Something Big, co-written by Panati and writer-celebrity Robin Leach, and hosted by Steve Allen.
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One of his books was the basis for the television series The Start of Something Big, hosted by comedian Steve Allen.
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The stories became the basis for the television show In Search Of Life After Death, produced by Alan Landsburg and nominated for an Emmy award.
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