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16/1/2017

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"You don't need a big brain the size of a planet, or mad hair. You need a passion to understand things."

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"You don't need a big brain the size of a planet, or mad hair. You need a passion to understand things."

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By Summer, Aisha, Leanna, Noor and Kaia

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Aderin is a British scientist and astronomer  who is an Honorary Research Associate in University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy TV programme The Sky at Night.

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Born in London, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, 47, studied physics at Imperial College and took a PhD in mechanical engineering. She worked at the Ministry of Defence before becoming a space scientist. she has been awarded a total of 31 awards for her works in science and astronomy.

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"Imagine a dyslexic from London meeting the queen of England. Its mind blogging stuff, but that shows how much potential  you have!" - Maggie

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What is the worst thing anyone’s ever said to you?
At the offices of a contractor who was working for me, I went up to the reception desk. Someone gave me a key and said: “OK, you need to start cleaning the offices at the back and then work your way to the front.” There is nothing wrong with being a cleaner, but it’s the automatic assumption – you see a black woman, she’s a cleaner. I had a suit on and was carrying a briefcase!

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"Have a go!"  - Aderin

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As a child, space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock was allowed to stay up late and watch one programme, The Sky at Night. She mainly grew up in light-polluted London, unable to see much outside the window of her family's council flat in Camden, but still she had a fascination with space. Some long winter nights, walking home from school across Hampstead Heath, she would look up and think, "Patrick talked about that constellation, I can see it now."

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In total, she has published 13 books.

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Aderin suffered from dyslexia throughout her chilhood

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Aderin suffered from dyslexia throughout her chilhood

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Maggie gained 4 a levels, yet grew to become a great astronomer

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Maggie gained 4 a levels, yet grew to become a great astronomer

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In 2011, she was a victim to a racist remark by tv presenter Chris Evans. 

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In 2011, she was a victim to a racist remark by tv presenter Chris Evans. 

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"When I started school, because of my dyslexia I just felt dumb. I had all these crazy dreams. My mum and dad told me I could reach for the stars and dreams can come true." -MAP

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To travel at the speed of light. I would love to visit another galaxy.

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Her parents divorced when she was four and she lived the remainder of her life in a council flat

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She admitted to the financial times that she looks nothing like a space scientist but more like a 1950's housewife!

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She admitted to the financial times that she looks nothing like a space scientist but more like a 1950's housewife!