‘I was captured for life by chemistry and crystals.’
Dorothy Hodgkin - Worked out the atomic structure of penicillin, vitamin B-12 and insulin.
When Newton said ‘If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants’, he wasn’t simply being modest. He was putting his finger on the very essence of inspiration.
Throughout history, few people have made quantum leaps in science and engineering, but many have made significant breakthroughs by looking at objects in a whole new way and being creative with the world around them.
Albert Einstein, James Watt, George Stephenson, Marie Curie, Alexander Graham Bell, Elijah ’the real‘ McCoy... They were all inspired by the creativity and invention of those around them. And you could be too.
You too could unleash your inner genius - watch this space for more information.