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At the age of three I began to look around my grandfather's library. My first knowledge of astronomy came from reading and looking at…

— Jesse L. Greenstein

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.

— Terry Pratchett

As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to…

— Harald zur Hausen

I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize…

— Nancy Roman

From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

— George E. Brown, Jr

From my earliest days I had a passion for science.

— Joseph Rotblat

I got into astronomy through an interest in religion.

— Carolyn Porco

My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had…

— J. August Richards

At a young age, I became interested in space and science after watching the U.S. land on the moon for the first time.

— Shannon Walker

I started out wanting to be a naturalist. My obsession in my youth was with bird-watching. I collected things, I spent a lot of…

— Matt Ridley

In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.

— Mae Jemison

I'm a big fan of 'National Geographic', the magazine and the channel. Anything to do with the natural world. For years, when I was…

— Tom Weston-Jones