Dallas Campbell Professions : Television presenter Born : September 17, 1970 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Dallas Campbell There is so much wonder and joy in science, about understanding how the world works and why the world is the way it is. It's not just for academics. It is a thing that's available to everyone. Dallas Campbell understanding joy world Newton had a very good description of gravity, back in the day, and then Einstein came along and dug a little bit deeper. Science is like peeling an onion. You go deeper and deeper and deeper, and it doesn't stop. It's not like you will get to a right answer. Dallas Campbell onions answers littles People think of science like somehow that's the answer, and that it's all about right answers, but science is a lens that we look at the world through. Dallas Campbell people looks thinking I've found the thing in life that I adore, which is working in science television. It's just a big adventure, really. Dallas Campbell things-in-life adventure television I've always been a bit of a dreamer. I've always loved to look and seek, and explore and find out. Dallas Campbell bits dreamer looks At the heart of science is experimentation. Science doesn't care what you think. What's important is experimenting and actually working stuff out. Dallas Campbell important heart thinking In my lifetime, the population of the world has doubled. Dallas Campbell population lifetime world If you go through life and actually get to find out the thing you want to do, you're very lucky. Dallas Campbell lucky ifs want We've only had aircrafts for a hundred years, and yet look at us. So, I've become absolutely fascinated by this strange, bizarre world of airports, air travel and transportation. It's interesting. Dallas Campbell airports years interesting When I was acting, as a hobby, I would devour popular science books and keep up-to-date about what was going on in the science community. And then, suddenly my hobby became my job. I didn't one day say, "I'm not acting. I'm now going to be a science person." Dallas Campbell community jobs book I've never felt scared of flight, ever. It's really weird. I don't know. They stick a gin and tonic in your hands and I just think, "Life is good!" Dallas Campbell life-is-good hands thinking I'd missed science and what it was all about because I was too busy trying to think of other things, when I was at school. I was too busy trying to be James Dean. Dallas Campbell trying school thinking I love being in America. I love America. I absolutely adore working in America. I'm at my happiest when I'm in the States. Dallas Campbell states love-is america Those people who are scared of science or are a bit dismissive of science tend to not really understand what science really is, which is the most beautiful, most elegant and most creative way of looking at the world. Dallas Campbell creative beautiful people I was awful at science at school, as a subject, because I didn't have the discipline. But, I was awful at music, as well, and I loved music. Dallas Campbell awful discipline school I wasn't naturally a scientist, but I was always fascinated by how the world worked and why things were the way they were. Dallas Campbell scientist way world The thing I loved, particularly, was the mystery of science and the idea that science doesn't know all the answers, but it is a process of finding out. It's not like science will give you the right answer and science knows everything. I love the mysteries of it. Dallas Campbell answers giving ideas I'm not an academic, but I'm someone who has a great passion for science and wants to convey the idea that science is for everyone. Dallas Campbell passion want ideas I was very much the laymen, trying to find stuff out because I'm curious about the world. Dallas Campbell stuff trying world Yeah. Science doesn't end. That's the one thing I learned. People think of science as spitting out right answers, and that's it. It's always under review. Dallas Campbell answers people thinking Similar Authors Bob Holness television-presenter Brian Horrocks television-presenter Anne Foy television-presenter Anne Robinson television-presenter Andrew Castle television-presenter Andrea McLean television-presenter All Authors
