• Question: why did you chose to be a scientist and why so you can inspire me

    Asked by 628enqm32 to Martin, Dan, Jennifer, Luke, sakshisharda on 2 Mar 2018. This question was also asked by Best Mates, Ethanwilliams123, 533enqm32, magnus chase 2006, 678enqm48, A89rules, 745enqm48, 423enqm32, kelliebananagirl393 :), 392enqm32, 366enqm32, 699enqm39, 432enqm39, 873enqm39, 644enqm32.
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      Jennifer Paxton answered on 2 Mar 2018:

      Ahhh, great question! The truth is I don’t think I ever really chose to be a scientist….it just sort of happened! I liked science at school, and I was quite good at it, so it just made sense that I studied science at University too. From there i just realised that there was so much more interesting stuff I wanted to learn about the human body that I continued and ended up where I am today….teaching other students science! The best advice I can give you is that if you like something and enjoying learning about it then that’s the best possible start – everything else will just fall into place!

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      Luke Williams answered on 4 Mar 2018:

      Why does this work? How does that work? Why does the world do that? How can I change this?

      Science is a journey of discovery. Finding things out for yourself and with friends and colleagues. You can find things out that no one else has ever known, and few have even thought about before. Then you can tell everyone about what you have found.

      If you have ever looked up at the stars, or at a plant or animal, or at yourself, or at a piece of technology and wondered: how does that work? That’s the road to science.

      I have always wanted to learn new things, that’s why I went into science. The why, the how, and importantly – how can I make it better?

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      Dan Gordon answered on 5 Mar 2018:

      What a great question. I was a always fascinated with why and how things worked. SO I studied science at university and wanted to focus on the physiology of the human. It is so exciting to be able to run experiments and answer questions. As a sports-scientist I get to work with athletes and test them while they exercise and so my science is big and we get to play with some really cool kit.

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      Martin Lindley answered on 5 Mar 2018:

      I have always been interested in how things work and why things work

      most interesting to me was sport and how people were good at sports

      so I needed to be a scientist to work it all out …I am still working on it 🙂

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      Sakshi Sharda answered on 5 Mar 2018:

      I always loved science, so I thought that being a scientist could be the best thing possible. I love to learn and I’m always curious about plants and animals and why they are the way they are. The most rewarding thing about science is that we learn new things everyday and we learn to understand how things around us work. For example: how do tall trees pump food and water to leaves on the highest branch? Or how was the universe created?

      Wouldn’t it be so interesting to study such interesting things! 🙂

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