What interesting concept/theory influenced your interest in science?

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I am trying to motivate my kids to pursue STEM disciplines in the future, can you share what I can show and explain to kids so they will be fascinated and fell in love with STEM?my personal favorite is fourier transformation.

gus_massa · Accepted Answer

This is very similar to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24498854 (11 points, 11 days ago, 7 comments) Perhaps you can get some ideas from it.

emteycz · Answer

Alcubierre driveHowever the biggest motivator for me always were the possibilities at my fingertips opened by computers.

What interesting concept/theory influenced your interest in science?

I am trying to motivate my kids to pursue STEM disciplines in the future, can you share what I can show and explain to kids so they will be fascinated and fell in love with STEM?
my personal favorite is fourier transformation.

This is very similar to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24498854 (11 points, 11 days ago, 7 comments) Perhaps you can get some ideas from it.

Alcubierre drive
However the biggest motivator for me always were the possibilities at my fingertips opened by computers.