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Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.

I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.

I was a geek in high school.

I was such a geek in school.

I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment.

I was particularly good at math and science.

I was quite academic, quite geeky when I was a kid. I was more interested in going to school than I was in becoming a film star or something.

I was a mathematics major and really into math.