Professor Sir John Enderby, President, Institute of Physics

Professor Sir John Enderby, President, Institute of Physics, UK

Q: Why did you decide to become a physicist?

A: My time in the Air Force Communications Branch convinced me of the importance of physics and maths.

Q: What book are you reading right now?

A: "Chink" (The Biography of Major- General Dorman- Smith... an interesting character alternatively held as a military genius or a menace to all with whom he worked!!).

Q: Who do you admire the most (past or present)?

A: Excluding my wife:

(a) Lord May of Oxford (President of the Royal Society)

(b) John Selborne (House of Lords)

(c) Sir Bobby Charlton

Q: If you could have dinner with any 3 people, living or dead, who would they be?

A: Newton, Hooke and Leibnitz- what an amazing dinner party that would be!!

Q: If you could have any career other than your chosen profession, what would you choose?

A: Something Scientific, possibly as a Scientific attache to the Foreign Office.

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