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Asked by granticus to Ed, Katie, Sam, Steve, Vera on 13 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by eggelpeggel, megan04, alicegrace, lucyemma, kiimberley, marieemr, rustyman619, dntumba, courteney, williams56, cookiedoughmonster, louiseaori, rrooo12, rachel12, izzy28, chiara728, serenappah28, emzie1998.
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Ed Morrison answered on 13 Jun 2011:
Wow, that’s a great question. I think what I like best is the creativity of science. As a scientist, I can decide what I want to discover about the universe, then figure out how to go about discovering it. And if you get bored of a particular question, then you can think up a new one to answer.
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Steven Daly answered on 13 Jun 2011:
I agree, this is a good question! For me I think that what is best about science is how massively complex things like animals, people, galaxies, the universe as a whole, can emerge from really quite a small number of rules in the way things interact. For example galaxies come about because of gravity, but they are such beautiful things to come from something we learn about in high school!
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Katie Marriott answered on 13 Jun 2011:
I love science because it is everywhere! From the food we eat to the clothes we wear to what happens inside us. Literally everything is about science.
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Sam Tazzyman answered on 13 Jun 2011:
It’s fascinating and fun, and though it is hard sometimes there’s a lot of satisfaction to be had when it goes right and you feel like you are discovering something new that people haven’t thought of before.
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Vera Weisbecker answered on 13 Jun 2011:
In science, you look at the data and then find the most likely explanation for the patterns you see. You need to be creative to the point of being artistic in order to get your data and even to ask the right question, but the answers are always based on observations and not just some opinion. I really like that!
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Katie commented on :
I love Vera’s answer as it is very true but many people see Science and Art/Creativity as being the opposite ends of the scale. Most people assume that if you are good at science you are not “arty” and thaet if you are good at art you are not good at Science. Very untrue – Science and Art work perfectly side by side!
Sam commented on :
This is definitely true, and I would add that Mathematics, which most people see as being very far from Art in terms of its creativity, is actually a very creative form of human activity – a lot of imagination has to go into solving mathematical problems, as well as scientific ones – and of course into writing books, drawing paintings, and making music!