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How one physicist discovered that she is an artist, too
If someone had told me when I was younger that one day most of my life would revolve around writing, I would have been dismayed. Back then, I didn’t see myself as a writer — I was a scientist. I had an aptitude for solving problems, finding patterns in complex systems, and making sense of the natural world. You could call me a math gal, a physicist, or a clever person, but never a writer.
I muddled through my high school language arts class well enough, though I must admit my teacher took mercy on me. “Ah, you’re a math person,” she’d say, giving me excellent marks for clarity and originality of thought, despite my somewhat sloppy execution. She and I had an understanding: I had no aspirations of becoming a writer or venturing anywhere near the liberal arts departments of academia, and in return, she graded my papers on a “good enough for a scientist” basis.
It was a fair bargain. I had no plans to write beyond the minimum needed for a good grade. Because of that, I was rudely jolted when I went to study physics in college and discovered I wasn’t done with writing. Granted, it was technical — lab reports and such — but it was still writing. Then came admission essays for graduate school, scholarship applications, and more.
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