• Question: who is your science idol?

    Asked by anon-353584 on 17 Mar 2023.
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      Maryam Sani answered on 17 Mar 2023:

      I don’t have a science idol but Marie Curie would have to be my favourite, she faced many challenges and won two nobel prizes, one in chemistry and the other in physics which is super cool, especially in those times.

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      Martin McCoustra answered on 17 Mar 2023:

      James Clark Maxwell is probably the most important scientist ever to be born in Scotland and is undoubtedly responsible for laying the foundations of our modern word by unifying the descriptions of electricity and magnetism. Even Einstein recognised his importance in referring to the giants of whose shoulders he stood.

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      Graeme Dykes answered on 17 Mar 2023:

      Richard Feynman – not only for his amazing work on Quantum Chromo Dynamics but also for his way of explaining Science. He was pivotal in the inquiry into the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

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      Christy Sadler answered on 17 Mar 2023:

      Carolyn Bertozzi- she won the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 2022 for something called ‘click chemistry’ where you can do some really cool chemical reactions inside the body or cells!

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      Craig Johnston answered on 18 Mar 2023:

      Nikola Tesla was a brilliant scientist who made so many contributions to different areas of science. Some of his inventions include: AC power, tesla coil, radio, neon lamp, hydroelectric power
      induction motor and many more!

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      Rebecca Walker answered on 22 Mar 2023:

      My science idols are some esteemed female professors in the field of Liquid Crystals: Professor Helen Gleeson OBE and Professor Ewa Gorecka. I would say they are the top female liquid crystal scientists in the world!

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