• Question: how much do you want to win im a scientist get me out of here

    Asked by connorhorgan to Ben, Jony, Katharine, Mark, Peter on 15 Nov 2011.
    • Photo: Ben Still

      Ben Still answered on 15 Nov 2011:

      It would be brilliant and give me confidence in my explanation skills. The £500 will be used wisely to make podcasts and mini documentaries about neutrinos and particle physics in general – without the money I won’t be able to do this which will be a shame.

    • Photo: Mark Basham

      Mark Basham answered on 15 Nov 2011:

      I’m loving the event, and winning would be amazing, but I’m defiantly up against a tough crowd, these guys are all excellent at science communication. But I love a challenge and the £500 would allow me to do far more interesting and engaging work in my existing outreach activities with schools.

    • Photo: Jony Hudson

      Jony Hudson answered on 15 Nov 2011:

      It would be great to win. Although, to be honest, I’m finding it really fun answering all the questions, so wouldn’t mind if I didn’t win. But still vote for me 😉

    • Photo: Katharine Schofield

      Katharine Schofield answered on 15 Nov 2011:

      I’m just having fun answering all your questions! I’d be absolutely bowled over if I won and would make sure the money went to something that could be used to communicate science to lots of people. One of my ideas is to make a video (or a few videos) of a day in the life of a scientist, so you’d see their full day, leaving for work, their journey, their day at work, down the pub or the gym or whatever afterwards (sped up a lot of course) – so not just the stuff they were doing in the lab. The I’d have a short interview with them afterwards. (I would obvously switch the camera off for *certain* things!).

      I think one of the great things about IAS is that you get to find out about scientists as people. Science is developing and moving forward all the time, which is not just about technology, accelerators and computers but also about people and, importantly, people working together.

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