• Question: how old were you when you new you wanted to be a scientist?

    Asked by bethtucker to Carla, Madgie, Nick, Vicky, Werner on 13 Nov 2013. This question was also asked by deaccha, lburgess, laurasaurus.
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      Marlene Lorgen answered on 13 Nov 2013:

      I didn’t realise that I wanted to be a scientist until I was 19, although I did enjoy science at school and studied them at higher level so it allowed me to do a marine biology degree at university 🙂

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      Nick Groves-Kirkby answered on 13 Nov 2013:

      A good question! I chose to study science at university when I was 17, but I then went away and did other things (they were related to science, but I wouldn’t have called myself a ‘scientist’!).

      I was 25 when I decided to go back to university to train as a proper research scientist. There are other things I want to do though, so I’m not sure how long I’ll stay as one!

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      Werner Muller answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      May be at the age of about 10. I liked reading science books and popular science journal. Also TV programs were very good. I was more fascinated by astronauts and I knew all details about the rockets that were used to go out to space. I have forgotten these details now.

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      Vicky Forster answered on 20 Nov 2013:

      I have liked science for as long as I can remember, but when I made a significant decision about what I wanted to do – i was about 20. It was after my undergraduate research project at university – and my supervisor urged me to continue with my studies as he thought I was a promising young scientist. At the moment I’m really happy being a scientist, but I’m not sure if it’s what I want to do for the rest of my life. I really like science writing and communication, so might consider doing something to do with that in the future.

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