• Question: What inspired you to be involved with science?

    Asked by anon-201914 to George, Sophia, Sarah, Emily, Andy, Meirin on 5 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-201771, anon-201691, anon-201562.
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      Sarah O'Sullivan answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I always liked all the sciences at school, except for the plants part of biology. It was interesting to me but I was particularly encouraged by my old physics teacher Dr Reeder to read further and learn more. Although I didn’t go to university straight away, physics kept niggling at the back of my mind, especially when the NHS work I was doing wasn’t challenging my mind enough. Once I got to uni I haven’t looked back

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      Andy Buckley answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I remember going to the cinema to see Howard the Duck (no, I know you’ve never heard of it, and it’s rubbish. Also, I am OLD) as a kid, and there were some scientists in white coats in it who has some sort of particle beamy machine that opened a wormhole or something… and I came back and told my parents that I’d decided to be a scientist.

      I don’t *think* I kept at it for the next 30 years because of Howard the Duck, but it’s a slightly worrying possibility.

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      Meirin Oan Evans answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      When I was a kid my dad let me have a look through a telescope at the stars, planets and galaxies in the night sky. This experience made me want to know what was out there in the world beyond what we could see right in front of us…

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      Sophia Pells answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      My dad was really into science and we used to do lots of puzzles and little experiments when I was young which really sparked my interest. I also had some really enthusiastic teachers at school who encouraged me to go into science.

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      Emily Lewis answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      I think it was a combination of people and watching films/tv and science fiction books.
      Reading and watching science fiction and learning about the history of science convinced me it was exciting and useful.
      A combination of teachers, role models and my parents encouragement got me to think that it could be something for me. I want everyone to have that same encouragement, so if you think you like science- I’m encouraging you now, go for it!

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