• Question: when did you realise you wanted to become a scientists

    Asked by luv2dance123 to Alan, Deepak, Francesca, Lilly, Nick on 10 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Deepak Kar

      Deepak Kar answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I would say a couple of things contributed. 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.

    • Photo: Francesca Day

      Francesca Day answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      It was in year 6 when we had to do a project about any subject we wanted and I chose physics!

    • Photo: Alan Fitzsimmons

      Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I was always interested in science at School. When I reached 6th year I realised I might study physics and astronomy at University and realised I’d like to become a scientist.

    • Photo: Nick Wright

      Nick Wright answered on 11 Mar 2014:

      When I was a teenager and I saw the images sent back from the planet Jupiter by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft – they were all just so amazing and beautiful I knew I wanted to find out more!

    • Photo: Lilian Hunt

      Lilian Hunt answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      I was 11 when I really got inspired to be a scientist from CSI off of the TV but I think I was 15 or 16 when we had a careers day at school. At that point I worked out that research was the way forward!

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