Who
works in science &
Why?
What
captivated
them when
young?
See
what university students discovered
in:
Uruguay
----
Spain ---- Scotland
---- Australia
---- etc. ...
Find
the high points in science
on April 12th below.
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a name & "World-Wide Day in Science" to find someone
in particular.
first principles

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read
Popular Science  |
studied
arts at uni  |
wanted to be a vet
 |
liked science & writing
|
psychology
|
chem,
bio, art, photo, gadgets  |
fine
arts degree  |
solve famine 
|
loved
flying  |
"university of life"  |
history,
philosophy, maths  |
sports 
|
5
million e-mails  |
good at lab work  |
started
in biotechnology  |
didjeridu
article in Nature
 |
home economics & chem
|
glass
sculptor
& sales mgr.
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chem,
maths, physics,
... & law  |
chemistry at dinner table

|
decided
at age 9  |
biology
& legal studies  |
chem set & microscope
 |
found article on CERN
|
physics
& maths beautiful
|
loved
learning to explain  |
"do
THAT for a living!"  |
marine science 
|
science,
maths, medicine, music, & song writing
 |
good writer, liked science  |
a
muddy hole in Scotland
 |
doctor, physio, or
forensic science 
|
music,
aircraft, flight
 |
elec. eng. with mates
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all
science, farms, help humanity
 |
electromagnets
at age 8
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astronomer at age 3
|
loved
the outdoors
 |
built
radio at age 9
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medical research

|
women
in science  |
laser
scientist  |
physio, vet, or radiologist
 |
friends, solving problems
|
computer
games
|
talk about plants  |
computer
science, ...  |
smell of father's workshop

|
wanted
to be a vet
 |
walk into lecture any
time  |
maths,
games, puzzles
 |
how things work -- biological or mechanical

|
started
as biologist
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no idea, science & arts  |
better
at science, love agriculture
 |
forensic
science
 |
biology +, chem ~,
physics --
|
veterinarian
 |
farms
& forests
 |
students complete the picture

|
gazed
at clouds  |
learn
by doing  |
food industry, nutrition
 |
creative, critical, precise,
analytical, inform & entertain
|
a
"thing" for science & talking
|
biology, animals
 |
writing,
animals, chemistry  |
creatures in a drop of water 
|
magnets,
mirrors, magnifying glass, machines, plants, violin
 |
maths, history, English,music, chem
 |
marine
biology
 |
unsure in high school

|
make
a difference
 |
cousin's algebra homework
 |
always
loved animals
 |
work
experience in applied physics  |
sick of work as secretary
|
wanted
to help people
 |
obsessed
with food
 |
need for speed

|
had
a duck  |
applications
of science  |
one amazing teacher
 |
Mechano sets
|
surfing
and science
|
space missions
 |
music,
sport, maths, physics, chem  |
English & biology

|
no
lab rat  |
structure of words in different languages
 |
music
& English
 |
planned to be a physicist

|
engineering,
science, creativity
 |
enthusiastic about learning  |
understand
the environment
 |
first,
teaching
 |
biology & chemistry
|
first,
an apprenticeship
 |
want
to be a scientist
 |
zoology or botany?

|
hated
biology  |
great
chem teacher  |
creative solutions
 |
was medical student
|
transformers,
cranes, heavy machinery
|
sheep shearing to ...
 |
science
-> surprise  |
health professional 
|
top
maths student
 |
travel the world  |
wanted
challenges!
 |
drawn by girlfriend

|
chemistry
crazy
 |
fish
 |
passion
for oceans
 |
nature
& wildlife
 |
no science degree
|
golf
or police
 |
applied
science
 |
father wanted me in science

|
science,
science, science  |
nutrition
 |
science
 |
psychology
|
also
a mother
|
fascinated by human behaviour
 |
evidence,
logic, behaviour  |
not particularly interested in science

|
fascinated
by insects
 |
adding knowledge
 |
revolutionise
healthcare
 |
alternative medicine

|
never
bored
 |
love that science is revolutionary
 |
parents
in science
 |
genetics
& molecular biology
 |
art, maths, science
|
geriatrics
psychiatrist
 |
high
school students invade university
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And, what was happening at WWDS
HQ Europe?
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