i have wanted to be a scientist ever since. i read about Einstein and his theory of relativity. But at school, it was chemistry that i loved most. We did an experiment most lessons-adding acid to a substance in a test tube, that kind of thing-and then wrote it up for homework. i loved the fact that it always had to be written up using the same headings. First of all apparatus-the equipment we had used ; method-how we had done the experiment ; and finally, results-what we found out. it all seems a long time ago, however! Nowadays, i work in a university laboratory, where we are doing research into fireproof textiles. i spent a lot of my time looking through a microscope. We store all the data we collect on a computer. it's good to know that my work could be useful in saving