• Question: One reson why i should give you my vote?

    Asked by victorm32 to Chris, Eva, Michael, Paddy, Philip on 21 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Eva Bachmair

      Eva Bachmair answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Because the money will go to the British Heart Foundation which als provides information material for schools and also for fun things to do. Every young person you can prevent from getting a heart attack later in life is one good reason, don’t you think?

    • Photo: Michael Wharmby

      Michael Wharmby answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I would like the chance to talk to people face to face about my research and to show them how enthusiastic I am about science. IAS is a really good chance to talk to lots of people, but it still doesn’t allow me to be as enthusiastic as I would like to be! I want to go to science festivals in Scotland (currently thinking Dundee & Edinburgh, but if I can find out where others are I would go further afield) and show off what I’m working on to people outside of science.

    • Photo: Paddy Brock

      Paddy Brock answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      So that I can spread the word about the threats to the Galapagos sea lion and help save it from it extinction (by presenting my work at this conference http://www.esa.org/austin/)

    • Photo: Chris Jordan

      Chris Jordan answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I think that science is so important in modern life that everyone needs to know at least a bit of science so that they can understand where the the problems are – and can tell when the media are talking rubbish!
      That’s why I’m doing this IAS2011 – I want to try to dio everything I can to interest people in science – they don’t have to become a scientist – just see that it can be fun! The fun bit of my job is observing the sky, and I’d like to let more people do this so I would put the money towards making the telescope available on a network with. To start with it could be an interactive exhibit in our visitor centre, but we hope to be able to let other groups use it (I also need to interest \ few PhD students in working with schools for this to be successful).

    • Photo: Philip Denniff

      Philip Denniff answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Well said Chris, there is so much quasi scientific rubbish in the media. The more people who understand a bit science the better. The scientist on the panel are all experts in our own little areas of science and we all love science, so if we can get a bit of that to rub off thats what counts. If I win the money it will be donated to a charity that looks after adults with learning disability and they are using part of their woodland area for school children to explore and they want to buy some microscopes to expand the experience.

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