• Question: who is your favourite scincetist ????

    Asked by bebau to Alan, Becky, Jo, Sankar, Sarah on 9 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by Alex and Antonia, leanne, Nick.
    • Photo: Becky Gregory

      Becky Gregory answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      My favourite scientist would have to be Marie Curie, as I think she did a lot for science, both discovering and developing radioactive elements that are now used in radiation therapy for cancer patients.

    • Photo: Sankar Meenakshisundaram

      Sankar Meenakshisundaram answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      Richard Phillips Feynman. Fantastic teacher and an awesome scientist ” Pleasure of finding things out”

    • Photo: Alan McCue

      Alan McCue answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      A chap called Gerhardt Ertl – won the Nobel prize for making the type of catalysts I am most interested in!

    • Photo: Sarah Kirk

      Sarah Kirk answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      There are so many inspiring scientists, it is hard to pick one. The first one that came to my mind though, was Mary Anning. I am a chemist, but I have a curious interest in dinosaurs, fossils and paleontology. Mary Anning was a fossil collector and paleontologist from Dorset, and found huge numbers of fossils in her life, including ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons. To be honest I’m just a bit jealous of how many fossils she found in her life!

    • Photo: Jo Sadler

      Jo Sadler answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      Gregor Mendel – founded our understanding of genetics by growing peas!

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