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Last Post 3/1/2007 5:04 PM by KD Leka

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2/28/2007 10:57 AM
Hi, I was just wondering if there was a certain age when you decided to become a scientist? -Molly S

Lyndsay Fletcher

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2/28/2007 11:59 AM
For me it was when I was about 16. Then I had to decide what to study at University, and it was a tie between physics and astronomy, or English. Physics won! Later on though, I had to decide whether to try and actually make a career in science. I decided that if I did not have a tenured job by the time I was 30 then I would leave the field and do something else. Luckily it all worked out OK

Sallie Baliunas

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3/1/2007 10:56 AM
My parents said I was born interested in outer space, and when I could talk, asked questions about space. When I could, I read my older brother's books on space and some from the local library.

Isabel Hawkins

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3/1/2007 4:23 PM
Dear Molly, I knew I wanted to be an astronomer when I was 10 years old. It was seeing beautiful images of planets that inspired me. Also going to a planetarium show in Buenos Aires with my Dad (I was born in Cordoba, Argentina). Then, it was really good that I liked math! Isabel

KD Leka

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3/1/2007 5:04 PM
Interesting question. I don't know exactly about becoming a scientist exactly, but I knew when I wanted to be an astronomer! I was on a winter nighttime snowshoe trip, the sky was clear, and Orion was rising. It was the most amazing, beautiful sight I'd ever seen and I decided right then & there to become an astronomer. I was 8. I also recall in highschool getting overwhelmed/bored/confused with all of the terminology in biology, and it reaffirmed that I just wasn't gonna do that!