• Question: how did youfind out you wanted to be a scientist

    Asked by elishawarwick1 to Jony, Ben, Katharine, Mark, Peter on 14 Nov 2011. This question was also asked by basal, magiiczz, begua004, benjb018, beaw, eimear1967, anisha16, sonicsam, kieth, beckstargirl, ameliagrocock, sportysmithy98.
    • Photo: Ben Still

      Ben Still answered on 14 Nov 2011:

      It just kind of happened, I only really focussed on the things I enjoyed at school; science and drama. I just continued doing what I enjoyed and found myself here, the more science I learnt the more interested I became. I still find it strange to say that I am a scientist.

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      Katharine Schofield answered on 14 Nov 2011:

      As I went through school I realised that I found science interesting and exciting and I was just curious to know more. I didn’t go into it thinking ‘I want to study science because I want to be a scientist’ – thinking about jobs and careers came much later. I just went where my curiosity led me, and I have to say it was good fun, and still is. 🙂

    • Photo: Mark Basham

      Mark Basham answered on 14 Nov 2011:

      I was better at science than anything else at school which led me to a physics degree, but it was only then that i was truly pulled in by science, especially computational physics (using computers to understand physics), and decided that it was what i wanted to do.

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