• Question: How is the great thing about being a scientist is that every day is different when you guys spend DAYS or months on a subject that you want to know about??

    Asked by randompoppet to Luisa on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Luisa Ostertag

      Luisa Ostertag answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Because there are so many different approaches to find out about the subject. It might be the same BIG question for a long time. But to answer that you have to solve loads of small questions using many different techniques/ experiments/ ways of thinking.

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  • Photo: Jess

    Jess commented on :

    Well, every day is different, it just builds towards the bigger picture or the end result. Also, mainly because you will come across a problem that you really hadn’t anticipated or planned for so then it is a big surprise!
    I think that learning new things all the time keeps it varied and more interesting than a lot of other jobs.

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    Alexandra commented on :

    I agree! The subject may be the same, but what you are actually doing day to day can change very quickly. Although, there are always the times when you’re stuck doing the same thing for a while…

  • Photo: Dean

    Dean commented on :

    Yep – you’d be surprised at the variety of stuff you do day to day that leads you to an overall aim at the end. I suppose you could say “Every day I study physics and it’s the same every day” but that’s a bit general!