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Asked by anon-252027 to Stav, Hannah, Alice, Lisa on 29 Apr 2020. This question was also asked by anon-252909.
Question: Do you know what made you want to be a scientist?
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Stav Zalel answered on 29 Apr 2020:
When I was a teenager I read some physics Wikipedia pages and that made me want to learn more physics! Since then, learning physics just made me want to learn more physics, and that’s how I got to be a physics PhD student. 🙂
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Rihab commented on :
I know that we started studying natural science in depth back in school I was fascinated and I wanted to know more. Ever since, I never stopped wanting to know more and here I am today: A Scientist!
annachaplin commented on :
At school I realised that biology was one of my best subjects. I also really enjoyed biology so I studied biomedical science at university. Since then I have been narrowing down my interests within biomedical science and that had lead me to become a PhD researcher in mental health 🙂
Adam commented on :
I originally applied to university for a degree in financial mathematics as I knew that I wanted to use my best subject, mathematics, in the real world and the banking sector seemed a logical choice at the time. After the first few months I realised that I had made a mistake and did not like the monotony of the maths I was doing. I wandered into the physics building by chance and ran into the head of undergraduate studies. After a conversation with him I realised that physics is what I really wanted to pursue as it involves applying mathematics to solving very interesting problems in nature. I shifted courses to physics and astrophysics, got my masters degree and then carried on my love for the subject by getting my PhD in quantum chemical physics.
Greg commented on :
I’m the same as Stav! I always liked reading popular science books and eventually that graduated to doing my own research using google and wikipedia. By that point becoming a researcher was clearly well suited to me!
Catherine commented on :
I was obsessed at looking at some of the beautiful images from the Hubble Space Telescope when I was working as an admin assistant in 2000/2001. That inspired me to go back to university and do a degree in Applied Maths and Physics. After that, I did a PhD in Astrophysics as I wanted to learn more about space. I still have the beautiful Hubble images as the desktop background on my computer to remind me why I am here.
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Dipendra commented on :
My GCSE Physics teacher really inspired me during Year 10. He had a great way of explaining things to me using real world examples and always had fun experiments to do. He taught me to enjoy learning, and that passing the exam would come easily if I enjoyed the subject. Sure enough his advice paid off and i got an A grade
Laura commented on :
When I was younger, my grandparents got me a science book for my birthday. It described the history of scientific discovery, from the first telescopes right up to modern-day stuff like genetic editing. They also got me a mini human atlas book, which made me want to be a doctor for a number of years. But during A-level biology we were introduced to the molecules of life, like proteins and DNA. Since then, I’ve been hooked on biochemistry. I studied it at university and now work with DNA today!
John commented on :
Easy. In December 1968, when I was 13 years old, I watched Apollo 8 fly around the Moon. That was it. I was sold. I never wanted anything else. I studied science so I could be a scientist on the space shuttle and space station. That never happened but I’ve had a lot of fun trying.