• Question: What inspired you to do Science and were you always very good at science?

    Asked by mdrannikova to Becky, Carrie, Kelly, Robin, Usaid on 15 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by 09mckel1, birdlover25.
    • Photo: Robin Stafford Allen

      Robin Stafford Allen answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      I had the most amazing father who was an aeronautical engineer (designs aeroplanes) and was a flight engineer in the RAF in the war. He used to encourage me to take the lawnmower or the rotovator to bits and repair them, and then I had a small motorbike (BSA) and my first car when I was 12, which of course could only be driven about 50 yards as it was not, of course, allowed on the roads (it was too old and i was too young!), but I could take it to bits and put it back together to keep it going. Regards Robin

    • Photo: Becky Selwyn

      Becky Selwyn answered on 20 Mar 2012:

      I always enjoyed science at school. My Mum is a science teacher so I guess I picked up on her passion a bit, but mostly I had some good teachers and enjoyed learning how and why things happen.

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