• Question: Did you always want to be a Scientist?

    Asked by chloeamber to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 15 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by sushipop, ct13, victoria5, anisha96, jake, abeer14, mayasalwaypowell, stephanie123.
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      Adam Tuff answered on 12 Mar 2011:

      Good question Chloe – The answer to that is no! I wanted to be a doctor or a surgeon as I always wondered why different people got sick with different illnesses, and how cures for illnesses actually worked. When I did my A-Levels however I had an amazing Physics teacher who really inspired me…from that moment I knew I wanted to be a Physicist!

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      Suzie Sheehy answered on 13 Mar 2011:

      For this question I’d like to refer you to my recent blog post on (almost) exactly this topic. You can find it here:
      http://highheelsinthelab.blogspot.com/2011/03/im-scientist-no-thanks-to-you.html
      Let me know what you think or leave a comment on the blog 🙂

    • Photo: Sheila Kanani

      Sheila Kanani answered on 13 Mar 2011:

      Hi Chloe Amber,
      Well, for as long as I can remember I wanted to be an inventor or a vet, both of which involve science. Then when I was about 13 I went to see Apollo 13 in the cinema. Throughout the whole film I kept getting goosebumps but I didn’t know why. Then I realised it was because I wanted to be an astronaut! So I figured out that in order to be able to travel into space I’d probably need to be good at physics and maths….the rest is history! 🙂

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      Geoff McBride answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Yes but it took me a while to realise I could do it

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      Robert Simpson answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      I don’t know – probably. I have always been interested in how things work and why they are the way they are. If that makes me a scientist, then yes.

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