• Question: Was there any specific person who inspired you to do science? Like an enthusiastic teacher or family member.

    Asked by anon-319346 on 22 Mar 2022. This question was also asked by anon-322266.
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      Amit Vernekar answered on 22 Mar 2022:

      A passionate mind and a teacher.

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      Ian McKinley answered on 22 Mar 2022:

      Not one person, but my closest friends at school were all interested in science (and science fiction), so it was easy for me to move in that direction.

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      Andrew Parrott answered on 22 Mar 2022:

      My chemistry teachers at high school were really enthusiastic so that helped push me in the direction of science at university.

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      Jasmine Almond answered on 23 Mar 2022:

      My secondary school chemistry teacher encouraged me to study chemistry further. This and enjoying learning chemistry is what made me want to do science.

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      Lucy Jones answered on 24 Mar 2022:

      I had a great chemistry teacher who really started my interest in science and I really enjoyed their lessons.

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      Veselina Georgieva answered on 24 Mar 2022:

      I would say this was my chemistry teacher in school

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      Fiona Fotherby answered on 29 Mar 2022:

      My grandma did, because she was a nurse and would take about germs and treatment. She inspired me and encouraged me. She always enrolled me in a lot of different classes like Spanish lessons, music, and dancing, but she called me her future singer-lawyer-doctor because she knew I had many interests! I originally enrolled in a nursing programme in her honour but switched to chemistry. I remember her saying it’s totally ok not to follow in her foot steps. She passed before I graduated from my bachelors, but she predicted I would be a doctor before I did, which gives me comfort! As I’m enrolled in a PhD programme now I just know she would be so pleased, more than anyone, but not entirely surprised.

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      Stephen Doughty answered on 29 Mar 2022:

      A really good chemistry teacher inspired me.

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      TJ Preston answered on 30 Mar 2022:

      My great uncle, the brother of my grandfather. We would talk about physics and he would set up experiments to do with me.

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