I Am Science

May 30, 2012 9:45 AM

I Am Science: Unconventional Paths to Life in Science (5-min Vimeo), via Brain Pickings.

And some related pieces from Brain Pickings:

Richard Feynman: The Key to Science in 63 Seconds
What Is Science? From Feynman to Sagan to Asimov to Curie, an Omnibus of Definitions
How Ignorance Fuels Science and the Evolution of Knowledge
The Art of Chance-Opportunism in Creativity and Scientific Discovery: A 1957 Guide
Live the Questions: Jacqueline Novogratz’s Advice to Graduates

posted by philipy (6 comments total)

Where did they get these excited, passionate people, and how long do they terrorize them until they got so voluble and well-paced?
posted by Nomyte at 9:55 AM on May 30, 2012

This is what a scientist looks like.
posted by ChuraChura at 10:58 AM on May 30, 2012 [2 favorites]

I was at their event last week in Brooklyn and it was a lot of fun. It felt like almost everyone else there was a grad student (I just ceased being one myself).
posted by jasonmc at 11:22 AM on May 30, 2012

Seventh graders describe scientists before and after a visit to Fermilab.
posted by philipy at 11:28 AM on May 30, 2012 [3 favorites]

Damn if this doesn't remind me that it's sure as hell not too late to get into science.
posted by evilangela at 12:29 PM on May 30, 2012 [1 favorite]

I wear a white coat and enjoy muttering to myself on dark, stormy nights. One of my favorite activities is mixing up a cool flask of the ole' blue-smoky-bubbly, knocking it back, and having a good hearty cackle when it thunders: I am science.
posted by Astragalus at 7:02 PM on May 30, 2012 [1 favorite]