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Asked by Magnificent Molecules to Angeline, Catherine, Luke, Philip, Shona on 9 Mar 2015.
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Shona Whittam answered on 9 Mar 2015:
I enjoyed science at school and I also thought science would pay quite well compared to other careers.
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Catherine Vlahakis answered on 10 Mar 2015:
It wasn’t really a decision – I liked science so I thought I’d try it and see if I was good at it, and I just sort of never stopped trying!
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Philip Moriarty answered on 10 Mar 2015:
My uncle was a huge influence/inspiration for my decision to be a scientist. He was (and still is) a radio amateur (radio ‘ham’) and he and I used to spend time when I was eight or nine building simple circuits on planks of wood where we used drawing pins to hold the components in place.
One of the circuits we built was a crystal radio. This is made up of only four components and doesn’t, apparently, have a power source. When my uncle and I made the radio and I put the earpiece in my ear to hear a radio station, I was blown away by the idea that despite there not being a battery or any visible power source I could still hear music.
When my uncle then explained to me that it was the invisible radio waves themselves that were powering the circuit, I think that’s when I decided that “Right, this science stuff is definitely for me”.
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Angeline Burrell answered on 10 Mar 2015:
It seemed like a good idea at the time 😉 But seriously, science was the most interesting thing we had done in school and I liked the idea of figuring something out without having someone be able to tell me the answer.
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