I was always interested in science. I am a very curious person, and most importantly, I am a very visual person. And so, I have always asked myself the question what is that? Even as a young child, I was always curious and it has remained with me. That is why I am in the research community. Being at MIT is a gift beyond words. The beauty of being at MIT is that I can ask questions as I am photographing science. And the scientists love to respond to me and answer my questions. But in the end, it was always the curiosity that took over, and partially the reason for this book. Now I am a grandparent of two: one is 12 and one is 18. They joke around with me, because whenever I see something, I say, do you know what that's about? And then they would say, ‘Grandma, come on, stop being a scientist’, but…they really want to hear what I have to say. They are curious. I can see it. There is a curiosity among young people and young adults that somehow has been squashed. So, I am trying to revive that sense of curiosity from their childhood, while also making it cool and appealing. I want young people to ask questions and feel comfortable to wonder about why is this looking the way it is looking? This book probably stemmed from being a grandparent. I think that pushed it further. I wanted this book to bring their thinking into the conversation. As I was working on the book two years ago, I visited my grandson's science class. Will Melman, the teacher, was terrific in allowing me to come to class and showing images that I was considering at the time to include in the book. The students were painfully honest about some of them, which they really did not like. However, it became a guessing game, which is what the book is about. It's a kind of interactive guessing game. And they got into it. They really had fun trying to guess what it was. So the students were instrumental in helping me make selections for what to include in the book. Some of my favorite pictures they didn't like because they weren't colorful enough. Kids want color. The Candlewick/ director, Hilary Van Dusen, was my editor, and she was the one who suggested we have a description of the moment since it was already in the title I thought of, Phenomenal Moments. This is the moment that I decided to take the picture, and the phenomenon is the science part. I'm trying to engage the reader to pay attention, to observe, and see that science is readable and accessible – and it can even be very enjoyable.