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You do not need to write about astronomy or space, and you are encouraged tobe creative. If you wish, you can say something about topics in astronomy that are of particular interest to you. Your essay is an important part of your application and will be read carefully.  \nIn my family there is a tradition of interest in science: my grandmother was college professor in chemistry and physics, and both my parents were trained as mechanical engineers in college. When I was a kid, my mom showed me a box full of extremely tiny gears – those that table clocks are made out of– and told me what each part was for, and I remember thinking ―this is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!‖ I have been interested in mechanical structures and the inner working of human-made and natural things ever since.  \nMy interest in natural structures and systems began with photography. I find it an almost magical technique of preserving any natural phenomenon from large to small. It also gives me a chance to look at things very closely and wonder about them for as long as I like. I took photographs extensively when I travelled in China, and later in my first year of college. My interests intensified and went beyond just apparent forms, when during my first summer in college I read about linear and nonlinear dynamics, emergence behavior, game theory, neuroscience and spatio-temporal pattern formation in books intended for undergraduate students or the general public. I decided that my appreciation for nature would only deepen and advance ifI learned about the underlying theory of the nature of beauty, instead of just the beauty itself. I’m also more and more convinced that we can gain insights into the very large structures in our universe by looking at smaller structures like cellular pathways or subatomic particles.  \nIn order to understand the physical world further, I enrolled in both physics and mathematics programs. Even with the strong theoretical emphasis in my curriculum choice, I still find physically touching, seeing and manipulating things among the best ways to understand them. I enjoy doing lab works in physics, and I have worked in a machine shop, sculpture studio, art museum, and taxidermy studio. However, the elegance, simplicity, and power of theory are even more appealing to me as a scientist. As I acquire more and more background in mathematics, I realize what a powerful language and metaphor it is to science. I enjoy engaging myself in philosophical arguments about the nature of mathematics and physics with my physics and astronomy professor Dr. Robert Harmon and my best friend in college who is a neuroscience student.  \nMy research project last summer was on an eclipsing binary star system, LV Hercules, which has high orbit eccentricity. From the beginning of the project, I was very enthusiastic about teaching myself observational astronomy from scratch. The project was sponsored by the Arkansas Center for Space & Planetary Sciences at the University of Arkansas, a new research center consisting of mechanical engineers, chemical engineers, astronomers, biologists and cosmologists. I enjoyed the interdisciplinary group dynamics during weekly seminars, while at the same time working in the physics  \nresearch building, where I could talk to other physicists about their work on material science, numeric and computation, or quantum optics.  \nDuring the process of learning about the universe – seeing, touching, experimenting, thinking, and researching--I also hae learned about myself. I find the only way I can learn anything meaningful is to ask why,‖ which is the central thread of any inquiry – experimental, theoretical, philosophical or intellectual. I always try to find the boundary to the chain of knowledge or reasoning. 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