• Question: whats your favourite science subject?

    Asked by windowlicker to Andrew, Daniel, Hayley, Natalia, Peta on 24 Nov 2011. This question was also asked by heather23.
    • Photo: Daniel Scully

      Daniel Scully answered on 14 Nov 2011:

      Particle Physics!

      Everything is made up from the most basic particles, everything else is a consequence of how they behave, so it’s really discovering how the Universe works.

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      Hayley Smith answered on 14 Nov 2011:

      To me, I have to put this question in some historical context:

      At primary school: Biology – I was well into looking at bugs
      At secondary school: Chemistry – I liked all the experiments and blowing stuff up
      At A-Levels: Physics – I liked finding out and understanding how things worked
      At University: Astronomy / Astrophysics – Thinking about how the stars work and what’s going on up there !
      Now: Accelerator Physics – Since becoming an accelerator physicsist and working on awesome particle accelerators I have become massively fascinated and amazed by them!

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      Andrew Cairns answered on 14 Nov 2011:

      In primary school I did like biology and that side of science more than physics, but then in secondary school I had the most amazing chemistry teacher. He really brought things to life and gave me a real passion for the subject. I have a lot to thank him for, and hope that I might be able to do that for students in the future!

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      Natalia Parzyk answered on 18 Nov 2011:

      Physics:) it’s just so amazing to get to know more and more about why and how things work. I’m doing a research about superconductors now, so it’s getting deeper and deeper at mechanism of certain materials behaviour, very interesting:)
      (but I haven’t been so keen on physics till my undergraduates, just meet right people at Uni, who showed me how fantastic it is)

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      Peta Foster answered on 24 Nov 2011:

      Physics…. and i say physics in general because i love most of it. I am fascinated in particular by light and anything to do with light. I love the way it interferes, makes rainbows, has such different ways of interacting with matter. It travels through space… it’s just weird and cool and i love it! 😛

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