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The Life Scientific: Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock

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Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock talks to Jim Al-Khalili about astronomy.

Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her love of astronomy which started when she was six years old.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been fascinated by space since she was a young child.  When she was six years old she caught the bug when she saw a picture of an astronaut on the front of a book in her primary school library. As a teenager she built her own telescope. 

After studying physics and mechanical engineering, Maggie worked in industrial research before returning to her first love, astronomy, when she managed the building of an instrument on a giant telescope in Chile. Now, she spends her time presenting TV programmes, in particular the BBC’s Sky at Night, and inspiring the next generation of schoolchildren to become scientists.  Maggie’s come a long way since her own childhood. Her parents separated when she was four years old, and their prolonged custody battle meant she attended 13 schools in as many years. In addition, she was diagnosed as dyslexic and put in remedial classes where she wasn't ever expected to achieve academically.

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

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