Brian Cox

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Brian Cox

03-Mar-1968

United Kingdom

Brian Edward Cox (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist and musician. He is a professor of particle physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage and the Wonders of... series and for popular science books, including Why Does E=mc2? (2009) and The Quantum Universe (2011). David Attenborough described Cox as the natural successor for the BBC's scientific programming. Before his academic career, he was a keyboard player for the rock band Dare, as well as a live and session keyboardist for the pop group D:Ream. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)

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Science is too important not to be a part of a popular culture.

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Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.

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Anyone who thinks the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world is a twat.

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Look at that! If you ever needed convincing that we live in the solar system, that we are on a ball of rock, orbiting around the Sun with other balls of rock, then look at that! That’s the solar system coming down and grabbing you by the throat.

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We have written the evidence of our existence onto the surface of our planet. Our civilisation has become a beacon, that identifies our planet as home to life.