When you were children did you ever think that when you were older you would be a scientist working with particle

Question: When you were children did you ever think that when you were older you would be a scientist working with particle physics and if you win what will you get with it
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Asked by deadlox to Zachary, Venus, Tim, Kristian, Joel on 12 Nov 2013.
- Joel Goldstein answered on 12 Nov 2013:
  
  Yes! I starting reading popular science books as a child, and decided that’s what I wanted to do when I grew up.
  If I win, I will use the money to support my department’s outreach to local (and not-so-local) schools – not every school can afford to pay to bring a physicist into their classrooms.
- Kristian Harder answered on 12 Nov 2013:
  
  I think I decided I wanted to do something with Physics when I was about 11 or 12 years old. But back then I didn’t know very well what kind of job there would be available. Probably that’s why I picked what I knew about, and decided to become a high school teacher for Physics and Maths. A few years later, my teachers actually pointed out to me that it would be better for me to become a scientist rather than a school teacher (I wonder why? 🙂 ), and so I decided to become a scientist. Particle physics was going to be my aim from about age 17 or 18 on. A big accelerator was built at the DESY lab near my hometown at the time, and the news coverage of that probably got me.
- Tim Hollowood answered on 12 Nov 2013:
  
  Well I did get interested in physics quite early on and then it grew into a dream to be a physicist and I just worked hard at school to get to the point where someone pays me to think about cool stuff like string theory and black holes.
  
  I’m planning to spend the money on science out-reach activities with kids with special needs.
- Zachary Williamson answered on 13 Nov 2013:
  
  When I was a child, I wanted to be a singer and my brother wanted to be a physicist. Now we’re both grown up its the other way around! Life can be strange like that.
  
  If I win I’ll use the money to buy some recording equipment, and make a podcast about the individuals behind some of science’s greatest discoveries. I’ll also buy some adverts for my physics-based website (www.neutrinostuff.com)