• Question: who was your insperation to become a scientist

    Asked by chickensoup to Louise, Michaela, Sian, Steve, Yvette on 13 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by lilneicey.
    • Photo: Sian Harding

      Sian Harding answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      No one. I just did it because I wanted to.

    • Photo: Steven Kiddle

      Steven Kiddle answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      i was always impressed with Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, but i was just as inspired by some really good teachers who made me realise that science is about the answer to fun questions, like why is the sky blue? etc

    • Photo: Yvette Wilson

      Yvette Wilson answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      A biologist in Zimbabwe who works on biodiversity conservation. You can read more about him at http://www.biodiversityleadershipawards.org/cott1.htm and https://sites.google.com/site/fpdcotterill/home

    • Photo: Louise Johnson

      Louise Johnson answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      There wasn’t one particular person. David Attenborough’s TV programmes probably had a lot to do with it, though!

    • Photo: Michaela Livingstone

      Michaela Livingstone answered on 13 Jun 2010:

      In terms of WHO, rather than WHAT (that comic book guide I’ve mentioned a few times now!!!) I’d say a researcher that my dad knew when he was the chairman of the Scottish Huntington’s Association. Huntington’s is an awful inheritable disease and Dr. Simpson worked with sufferes of Huntington’s and did an amazing job and through her I learned how they’d found the mutation that causes the disease and how people were working to try to find ways to fix it. I guess it was just great to see how science can help people so much.

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