• Question: Who was your favourite scientist growing up?

    Asked by TheMADscientists to Sallie, Jade, Hannah, Cathal, Anthony on 6 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Sallie Baxendale

      Sallie Baxendale answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      In 1921 Frederick Banting and his medical student Charles H. Best discovered the hormone insulin. This led to a cure for people with diabetes. My mum and my sister had diabetes and wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for these scientists so they were my favourite scientisits when I was growing up.

    • Photo: Anthony Caravaggi

      Anthony Caravaggi answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      When I was growing up, I loved Diane Fossey and Jane Goodall and the work they did with gorillas and chimpanzees, respectively. As I grew older, I became a huge fan of Charles Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace and Mary Anning, amongst many others.

      But I think my favourite scientist wasn’t a scientist at all, he was (and still is) a naturalist and broadcaster. That’s the incomparable David Attenborough. I might be cheating my choosing him, but he does have degrees and he’s done a huge amount for nature and conservation, so I think I can get away with it. 🙂

    • Photo: Cathal Breen

      Cathal Breen answered on 14 Mar 2017:

      I liked Johnny Ball and David Attenborough

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