• Question: If you could meet any famous scientist (even if they're dead) who would it be and why?

    Asked by nadiaretrac to Debbie, Glyn, Jon, Kat on 20 Mar 2013.
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      Debbie Crockard answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      ooh thats a really good question I think I would like to meet leonardo davinci because everything he did was new and amazing and way ahead of his time. Also he knew so much about loads of things not just science, he was an artist and engineer as well so so clever! Plus he had an awesome beard….

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      Jonathan Stone answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      Great question!! Hmmm probably one of the really old Greek ones…like Archimedes. They came up with incredible theories without the help of thousands of years of scientific discovery like we have behind us! How about you?

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      Kathryn McMahon answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      My favourite scientist (well, he did a degree in natural sciences) is David Attenborough and I’ve met him twice! The first time I was literally speechless (was so embarrassing). I was working in Kew gardens in London and he came to film a documentary in our labs. I had no idea it was happening, so turned up in the morning to see him at the top of our stairs. I was completely star struck. He was absolutely lovely and all the retired ladies (a lot of whom work at kew) were swooning over him.
      Other than DA, I’d love to meet Marie Curie, although I’d have to brush up on my french (let alone polish!). She was amazing and acheived so much in her life – a real force of nature. I might stand my distance though, as she was probably pretty radioactive. She used to stir big vats of glowing uranium in her shed.

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      Glyn Barrett answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      It would probably have to be Darwin. Would have loved to have been aboard HMS Beagle as it sailed the 7 seas in search of the wonders and diversity of life. Would have been incredible to be amongst the first people to discover new species. Most biological sciences today stem his initial observations. Amazing how much influence scientists maintain years after they are gone.

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    nadiaretrac commented on :

    @debbie you cant beat a good beard haha
    @jon yeah that sounds good, I’d probably want to meet Stephen Hawking, Brain Cox or David Attenborough.
    @Kathryn DA is amazing, can’t belive he’s still going! Maie Curie was cool too, she did a lot for radiography, did you know that some of her stuf, like her note book, are stiil radioactive?

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    Kat commented on :

    @nadieretrac That doesn’t surprise me at all! I read a lot about her in Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks – its a great book if you get a chance to read it.