• Question: Which scientist inspired you the most?

    Asked by AnnaElisabeth to Dave, Ed, Guido, Hugh, Stef on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Dave Bond

      Dave Bond answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Actually in a way Brian Cox.

      Not because he is the best in the world or made some fantastic discovery. Though impressive that all is. When I watch a program with him in it, I feel inspired and think about what a cool place I work. So this maked a bigger difference to me than some of the proper great scientists.

    • Photo: Guido Bolognesi

      Guido Bolognesi answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      I love Leonardo da Vinci.

      Its eclecticism (that means the ability to do so many different things) has always inspired me. He was a scientist, an engineer, a painter, an artists, and many other things!! He was great!!

    • Photo: Ed Rial

      Ed Rial answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi Anna

      I think I would say Isaac Asimov, he is most famous for being a science fiction writer, and it was his fiction about robots that inspired me to become interested in science.

      But he was also a chemist, so he still counts as a proper scientist!

      Ed

    • Photo: Hugh Harvey

      Hugh Harvey answered on 18 Mar 2015:

      Carl Sagan was a brilliant scientist (with a great TV show about science) – he knew a lot about the universe. Sadly he passed away, but his work has been continued by Neil deGrasse Tyson in the TV show called Cosmos which I highly recommend.

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