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Hiranya Peiris

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Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

Thank you so much, Jim. It's really nice to be here. Now, I mentioned that passion you have to inspire schoolgirls to take up science. Where does that come from? It comes from being a young girl myself and falling in love with science through, for example, books, where the people who were writing the books were very inspirational, but they did not look like me. And I want young girls to see role models that look like themselves and

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

ja tehdÀ asioita, joita he voivat haluaa tehdÀ. Ja se on se, mikÀ vahvistaa minun tunnettaani, ettÀ minulla on nuoret tyyliÀ alapuolella, ei alapuolella, ja joskus ei edes yöllÀ. Ja sinulle, kun olet nuori tyyli, sinÀ kehittÀvÀt tÀmÀn rakkauden tietojen kanssa, olet osa tieteellisestÀ ympÀristöstÀ. Miksi luulet, ettÀ se on niin?

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

When I'm doing science, I feel that we are on a search for truth as humanity. And I really connect to that idea. For me, it is a safe place. It is a place where things make sense. When you state a fact, it is an objective truth about reality rather than something someone made up. I mentioned in the introduction that you are professor of astrophysics 1909. What's the 1909?

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

This marks a time when astrophysics, as distinct from astronomy, became a subject of study. Astronomy can be thought of as mapping the universe, but astrophysics is turning the data or the observations we have made into understanding and connecting it to fundamental physics. That started around the time of 1909.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

Hiranja Pieris, olit sydÀmellÀ Sri Lankassa, Colomboissa, 70-luvulla. Silloin olit vanhemmat, jotka olivat kuitenkin yksilöitÀ, ymmÀrrÀn. Se on oikeastaan niin. Minun vanhempani oli jÀrjestelmÀjÀrjestelmÀjÀrjestelmÀjÀrjestelmÀjÀrjestelmÀ. HÀn oli yksi Sri Lankan ensimmÀisistÀ yksilöitÀ yksilöitÀ. Ja vanhempani työskennelli isoja hydrauliittisia projekteja. Ja sinun vanhempani erityisesti oli sinun roolimodellisi. KyllÀ, hÀn on todella hyvÀ erilaisista asioista, mutta hÀn on todella yksilöitÀ. Ja se on oikeastaan se, mitÀ minÀ todella haluan tehdÀ.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

I have a particular image in my mind of accompanying my mother when I was a small child to a building site where she was supervising a very large team of men constructing a bridge that she had designed. And she was very elegantly dressed in a sari. And she was very dignified. She was clearly in charge. But she wasn't shouting. She wasn't projecting dominance. It was a different kind of leadership. And I really connected with that image.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

Ja olisit ollut noin seitsemÀn vuotta vanha, kun Carl Saganin dokumentaari-seriossa aloitettiin. Ja se tuntui sinun kiinnostasi kosmosin itselleen, maailmalle. Se on oikein. Muistan vain olevani tÀysin perustunut nÀistÀ todella suurista ympÀristöjÀ, joita hÀn aloitti, sekÀ taidetta ettÀ aikaa. Kuinka maailma liittyy meille ihmisille. Ja se oli todella mahtavaa.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

And I believe your parents also nurtured your love of astronomy that was just beginning at this point. That's right. My father went on an international trip and he brought back a small telescope for me. And Sri Lanka had very, very dark skies. Just from my backyard we could see, for example, Saturn's rings.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

It was the first time I saw Jupiter's moons and I remember projecting solar flares and sunspots onto a sheet of white paper and looking at that. Yeah, it was a great time. Around this time you were becoming increasingly curious about the universe, but it wasn't always easy to get hold of the books that you wanted to read.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

TÀmÀ on oikeastaan. SiinÀ oli semmoinen rauhattava kirjallinen kaveri, joka tuli Colomboon. Ja isÀni otti minulle ja osti minulle kirjan A breif history of time. TÀmÀ on ensimmÀinen kerta, jossa olin tapahtunut kosmologiasta, joka on minun nykyinen tutkimusalueeni. Se oli hyvin ympÀristökohtainen. Tuo kirja Stephen Hawkingin, useimmat vanhemmat sanoisivat, ettÀ olin vain luonut ensimmÀiset kaksi kirjaa, ja sitten pysÀhtyin. Olet luonut sen ympÀrillÀ ympÀrillÀ.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

LÀhtökohtaisesti en ymmÀrtÀnyt kaikkea, mutta muistan diagraafia tÀltÀ pÀivÀltÀ. Loppuun loppuun kirjassa puhutaan kaksidimensionaaleista ihmisiÀ, jotka yrittÀvÀt kuvitella kolme dimensioita, ja se on melkein epÀonnistunut. MielestÀni se, mikÀ minua todella kiinnosti, oli se, ettÀ kirja otti minut paikoihin, jotka eivÀt olleet todellisessa maassa, mutta voin ajatella niitÀ mielestÀni.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

Herania, sinulla oli koulutuskoulutus Kalambossa koko lapsen aikana, tykkÀsitkö siitÀ? En oikeastaan tykkÀsin koulutusta. Olen elÀnyt aika paljon mielestÀni. Muistan yhden matkin koulutuksen erityisesti, jossa en huomannut monia kysymyksiÀ. PÀÀdyin vain tekemÀÀn niitÀ ja nukkumaan pÀivittÀin, joten olin melkein onnistunut testiin.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

But I do remember this wonderful teacher, Mrs. Mendis. And she had taught my mother before me. She really tolerated the why questions. And I must have been a very annoying kid, constantly asking why this and why that. And some of them weren't so easy to answer.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

Juontaja Erja HyytiÀinen

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

Absoluutti. My life's ambition was to become an astronaut. It was only when I was about 16 when I became short-sighted. It was a devastating blow. I no longer could pilot the space shuttle. And so have you now ruled out any possibility of going to space or do you still have some?

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

I really want to go to space. I almost signed up for the Mars One to a one-way trip to Mars, but my partner said he wouldn't come, so I had to nix that idea. But then later I found out it was a scam anyway, but I still want to go. Well, fingers crossed for getting into space, but back in your teenage years you did create your own journey through the solar system.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

TÀmÀ on oikea. Puhuin isÀni kurssiin, jossa opitsin basicin koulutuksen. Se oli yksityiskohtainen kielilangos, mutta pystyi tekemÀÀn paljon siitÀ. Viime viikkoja sattuin koodilla Solar Systemin kautta. Pidin koulutukseni 5,25-kielisen floppy-diskin kanssa. Yksi pÀivÀ tulin koulutukseen ja löysin, ettÀ diskin oli vipattu.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

There was violence in everyday life. The universities were closed and my parents just didn't see any future for us there. And they decided to leave everything behind. You settled in Manchester. You had an uncle and aunt who lived there.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

So we arrived with very little. So my mother got a job in Manchester. We had to make do on my mother's salary basically. So we watched the pennies and, you know, I was 16 in a new country. I started in a new school and I'd previously learned in my native language Sinhalese.

Discovery
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

I did, actually. The teachers were really good. There was a teacher called Dr. Egan, and he was my further maths teacher. And he gave me university-level textbooks, and he encouraged me to apply to Cambridge. What did you think about that? It felt like a really unattainable goal, but when he told me that I could do it, I didn't know anything about Cambridge, so I applied to a college. It's called Newhall at the time, now Murray Edwards, and there's a very iconic dome, which...

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