Why Jonathan's a scientist
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Rough Scientist Jonathan Hare explains what got him into studying science in the first place, from the BBC/OU Rough Science 1 series
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I’ve always been really interested in how things worked, ever since I was a little kid mending things – well actually mostly breaking things when I was a kid. But there were several occasions when I liked mending cars and things on holiday, saying to Dad, you know, “Oh press that thing” and the car would start. And I just, just really a genuine fascination about how things work and mending things, making things.
Content last updated: 26/05/2000
Jonathan Hare
Jonathan Hare studied Physics at Surrey University. During his PhD (Chemical Physics at Sussex University) he was very lucky to be involved in some of the first pioneering work on Buckminsterfullerene (C60) - work which led from astronomy via chemistry into a new area of material science.
He currently runs The Creative Science Centre 
6 and is part of the Vega Science Trust at the University of Sussex. He also has consultant work with Schlumberger. In 2000 he was awarded a NESTA fellowship which he uses to explore creative ideas.
