• Question: what other job would you of liked to do if you wasn't a scientist ?

    Asked by anon-218331 to Shannah, Richard, Matthew (known as Kaan by, johnpaterson, Emma, Anna on 17 Jun 2019. This question was also asked by anon-218344, anon-218300.
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      John Paterson answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      A teacher or a writer. I would still love to try to write a book someday, I have a few ideas and I write some short stories but it is hard to find the time to write a whole book.

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      Emma Markham answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      I’m not sure. I trained as a tailor before I became a scientist, so I have had other careers before. I think I might like to work on cryptography, and study the ancient Egyptian language, and codes used to encrypt messages during the world war. Mathematics is not my strength, but as it is applied maths and uses statistics I think I would find it OK. I guess I’m just more fascinated by how codes work. I have a fun codebook at home that I would love to have the time to sit and work thought the puzzles.

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      Richard Gammons answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      A secret agent! Although I was a chemistry teacher for 5 years so that’s more realistic : )

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