• Question: have you always been intrested in scince?

    Asked by simone2001 to Alan, Deepak, Francesca, Lilly, Nick on 7 Mar 2014.
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      Lilian Hunt answered on 7 Mar 2014:

      I’ve always had a passion for science, even before I realised it was science! I used to be fascinated by living things, creepy crawlies, nature, light, sound, everything really when I was a kid. I only realised in school that all of these things in nature that interested me and that I found cool were in fact a part of science. The more I learnt in school, the more I found interest in even more specific bits of science, like biology and genes. At the same time I’ve always been interested in sports so my career could have always gone a different way, I’m just lucky I get to do what I’m interested in and enjoy every day (and still do sport in my free time of course!).

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      Deepak Kar answered on 7 Mar 2014:

      I was, indeed. I would say it was a combination of two factors. My dad was a professor of Physics in the local university, so that was certainly an inspiration. Then I read a few books by/on the famous physicist Richard Feynman, and those were deeply motivating. I would recommend this book for everyone:
      Surely you are joking, Mr. Feynman. It is hilarious. For more advanced students, see if you can get your hand on the book Genius by James Gleick. It is a bit more technical, but immensely motivating even ignoring the hard bits.

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      Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 7 Mar 2014:

      Yep, although when I was at primary school I mostly liked reading about dinosaurs and animals. When I went to secondary school I got more interested in learning how stuff works, which is physics.

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      Francesca Day answered on 9 Mar 2014:

      Yes! I’ve always wanted to know why things happen. Why do the stars shine? Why is there life on Earth and not on other planets? Why does water turn into ice when it gets cold? I’ve always been interested in answering questions like these, which is exactly what science does.

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      Nick Wright answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Yes, ever since I first did science in school. I enjoyed the fact that science is governed by rules and laws that you can find out – if you know the rules you know what’s happening, and if you don’t know the rules you can do and experiment to find out.

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