Amir’s physics journey began with a fascination for understanding the world around us. He spent his days delving into physics with Mozart playing in the background, and has since moved on to teaching. Having already studied undergraduate-level materials, he looks forward to exploring general relativity and quantum physics at university, with the goal of pursuing postdoctoral research on his path to becoming a scientist. He shared his favorite textbook authors in English and Russian for physics studies. 

We caught up before he started university (interview edited for length and clarity):