• Question: How long have you been interested in science?

    Asked by biffypage to Claire, Kate, Matt, Rob, Sam on 17 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by aeclark312, bpjdouglas312, aabambrick123, hncireland312.
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      Sam Geen answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      I’ve been interested in science for a long time – my mother was a doctor working with old people and my father made sonar equipment to map the sea bed. I used to read a lot of science fiction and was interested in space. But don’t let that put you off if you’ve come to science late – sometimes you can become interested in something later, and there’s always something new and exciting to discover!

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      Kate Husband answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      I was interested in science as a kid (not sure why though as none of my family are!) And then I had a period when I was 13/14 when I wasn’t that interested. But since then I’ve been hooked!

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      Matthew Pankhurst answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      Hmmm, I suppose I’ve been interested in learning about the world around me for as long as I can remember. I used to spend heaps of time outside as a little boy watching little creatures and going and seeing if I could find them again the next day, which is actually a bit scientific now I think about it! I only knew what science was when I got to high school, when you’re taught that science is just a method you follow: have an idea: test to see if it works: make a decision about if it worked or not, and start again with a different or changed idea! Thanks for the trip down memory lane…. I wonder if the frogs are still there….!

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      Robert Woolfson answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      Neither of my parents had anything to do with science but they bought me a chemistry set when I was about 8. I very quickly got bored of following the instructions and, being curious, I decided to mix a few things together and see what happened. Next thing I knew, it blew up and I had my parents yelling murder at me. Despite the trouble I was in, I fell in love with chemistry. (DO NOT TRY THAT AT HOME)

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      Claire Lee answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Looking back, I’d say for a long time, though of course I didn’t really view it as “science” when I was a kid. It was more “fun”. Sci-fi books and movies. Playing in the garden with my toy dinosaurs and making those volcanoes with food colouring, vinegar and baking soda (or something). Building alarm circuits that would go off if my younger brother went into my room. That sort of thing.

      It wasn’t so much as I was “doing science” but rather just “having fun” that happened to be in a sciency way.

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