• Question: how much would the money mean to you?

    Asked by nichopadbrooks to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 15 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by 10geobreb1, mooremccann, churchillcampbell.
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      Mario Campanelli answered on 12 Mar 2012:


      not too much in the past, now that I have a family and the Swiss Franc is twice as expensive with respect to the pound (in which I am paid), it is getting harder…

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      Ben Smart answered on 12 Mar 2012:


      If you mean the £500 prize money, it would mean a lot, but only because it would mean I could do more outreach (communicating physics to schools and the public) and better outreach. Money itself doesn’t matter to me, but the things that can be done with it do matter to me 🙂

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      Sam Vinko answered on 12 Mar 2012:


      The prize will be spent on promoting science, and if successful, I’m hoping it will make a difference to someone like you. In that sense it means quite a bit, otherwise nothing much.

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      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 13 Mar 2012:


      I’m doing this more for the fun (which it is) and experiance of talking to you guys, though I do want to win. I’m a competetive soul. The money would help promote science in my area, which is always a good thing.

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      Clare Burrage answered on 15 Mar 2012:


      We have a fantastic project at Nottingham called Sixty Symbols. Have you looked at our website yet? http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
      On the site are lots of YouTube videos of scientists talking about their work. We always need more money to keep it going.
      I think it’s so important for scientists to tell other people what they are doing. I don’t see the point in finding out new things about the universe if you don’t tell people about it. I want to make that possible for everyone!

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