Brian Cox (physicist)

Brian Edward Cox , OBE , FRS (born 3 March 1968 [3] [10] ) is an English physicist , and Advanced Fellow of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester . [11] [12] He is best known to the public as the presenting of science programs, met name de Wonders of … series [6] [13] [14] and for popular science books , zoals Why Does E = mc² ? and The Quantum Universe . He has bone the author or co-author of over 950 scientific publications. [15]

Cox has bone DESCRIBED as the natural successor for BBC ‘s scientific programming at zowel David Attenborough and the late Patrick Moore . [16] [17] Before his academic career, Cox was a keyboard player for the band D: Ream and Dare .

Biography

Brian Cox in October 2013

Early life

Cox was born in the Royal Oldham Hospital , later living in Chadderton , Oldham , from 1971. [18] His parents worked for Yorkshire Bank , his mother as a cashier and his Father as a middle manager in the assembly branch. [19] He recalls a happy childhood in Oldham therein included pursuits zoals dance , gymnastics , plane spotting and even bus spotting . He attended the independent Hulme Grammar School [3] [20] in Oldham from 1979 to 1986. [21] [22] [23] He has stated in many interviews and in an episode of Wonders of the Universe [24]dat als have was 12, the book Cosmos by Carl Sagan was a key factor in inspiring im to become a physicist. [10] He revealed on The Jonathan Ross Show dat he Performed poorly on his Maths A-level: “I got a D … I was really not very good … I found out you need to practical.” [25]

Music

In the 1980s, Cox was keyboard player with the rock band Dare . [26] He joined D: Ream , [27] a group dat had verschillende hits in the UK charts , zoals the number one ” Things Can Only Get Better “, [28] later-used as a New Labour -selection anthem, hoewel de he did not actually play on the track.

Education

Cox studied physics at the University of Manchester prolongation his music career. He earned a first-class Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Philosophy degree in physics. After D: Ream disbanded in 1997, he COMPLETED his Doctor of Philosophy in high-energy particle physics at the University of Manchester . [4] His thesis, Double Diffraction Dissociation at Large Momentum Transfer , was supervised by Robin Marshall [4] and drawn from work he did for the H1 experiment at the Hadron Electron Ring Anlage (HERA) [4] [29]particle accelerator at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg , Germany . [30]

Personal life

In 2003 Cox married US science presents Gia Milinovich in Duluth , Minnesota . Their first sun, named George, was born on 26 May 2009. [ citation needed ] George’s middle name is “Eagle” after the Apollo 11 lunar module. Milinovich ook has a sun named moki, from a previous relationship. The family Currently lives in Battersea . [1] [2] Cox rejects the label Atheist but has stated he has “no personal faith.” [31] In 2009, he Contributed to the charity book The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas . [32] He is a humanist , and is a “Distinguished Supporter” of the British Humanist Association . [33] He is an Oldham Athletic fan, and held a season ticket at the club. [10]

Career

Research

Cox is a PPARC [ needs update ] advanced Fellow and member of the High energy physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) [34] [35] at CERN , [36] [37] [38] [39] near Geneva, Switzerland. He is working on the research and development project of the FP420 experiment in an international collaboration to upgrade the ATLAS and the Compact muon Solenoid (CMS) [40] [41] experiment to institution additional_image_link, narrower detectors at a distance of 420 métres from the interaction points of the main experiments. [42] [43] [44] [45]

Cox has co-authored books on physics verschillende waaronder Why does E = mc 2 ? [46] and The Quantum Universe , zowel with Jeff Forshaw . [47]

Broadcasting

Brian Cox at Science Foo Camp in 2008

Cox has Appeared in many science programs for BBC radio and television, [6] [48] waaronder In Einstein’s Shadow, [49] the BBC Horizon series, [50] ( “The Six Billion Dollar Experiment”, “What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity? “,” Do You Know What Time It Is? “and” Can we Make a Star on Earth? “) and as a voice-over for the BBC’s Bitesize revision programs. He Presented the five-part BBC Two television series Wonders of the Solar System in early 2010 and a follow-up four-part series, Wonders of the Universe , welke Began on March 6, 2011. [51] Wonders of Life , welke he describes as “a physicist’s tasks on life / natural history”, broadcast in 2013. [52]

He co-presents Space Hoppers and has’ll be featured in Dani’s House on CBBC. [53]

Cox ook Presented a three-part BBC series called ” Science Britannica ‘welke sees im explore the contribution of British scientists over the last 350 years, as well as the relationship tussen British science and the public perception Thereof. [54]

BBC Two commissioned Cox to copresent Stargazing Live , a three-day live astronomy series in January 2011 – Co-Presented with physicist-turned-comedian Dara Ó Briain and featuring chat show host Jonathan Ross [55] – linked to events across the United Kingdom . A second and a third series featuring a variety of guests ran in January 2012 and January 2013. [56]

Since November 2009 Cox has co-Presented a BBC Radio 4 ‘comedy science magazine program ” The Infinite Monkey Cage with comedian Robin Ince . [57] Guests port included comedians Tim Minchin , Alexei Sayle , Dara Ó Briain, and scientists waaronder Alice Roberts of the BBC show The Incredible Human Journey . Cox ook Appeared in Ince’s Nine Lessons and Carols for godless People . He is a regular contributor to the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show with Shaun Keaveny , with a weekly feature. He Appeared on 24 July 2009 episode of Robert Llewellyn ‘s Carpool podcast series. [58]

Cox has ook Appeared numerous times at TED , giving Recruiters talks on the LHC and particle physics. [59] [60] In 2009 he Appeared in People magazine ‘s Sexiest Men Alive. [61] In 2010 he was featured in The Case for Mars at Symphony of Science . In November 2010 he made a promotional appearance in the Covent Garden Apple Store , talking about his new e-book set to Accompany his new television series as well as answering audience questions. [62]

Cox watch the Royal Television Society ‘s 2010 Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture on “Science, a Challenge to TV Orthodoxy” in welke have Examined problems in media coverage of science and news about science. It was subsequently broadcast on BBC Two. On 4 March, Frankenstein’s Science featured Cox in discussion with Biographer Richard Holmes on Mary Shelley ‘s exploration of humanity’s desire to bring life to an inanimate object and Whether the notion is shower in zowel the 19th century and today.

On 6 March 2011, Cox Appeared as a guest at Patrick Moore ‘s 700th episode anniversary of The Sky at Night . He has zegt dat he is a lifelong fan of the programs, and therein it helped inspire im to become a physicist. On 10 March 2011, have representation the Ninth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture.

Cox was the science advisor for the science fiction film Sunshine . On the DVD release, he provides an audio commentary where he discusses scientific accuracies (and inaccuracies) depicted in the film. He’ll be was featured on the Discovery Channel special Mega World: Switzerland . In 2013, he Presented Another series of ” Wonders of Life “.

On 14 November 2013, BBC Two broadcast The Science of Doctor Who in celebration of Doctor Who ‘s 50th anniversary, in welke Cox tackles the mysteries of time travel. The lecture was Recorded at The Royal Institution Faraday Lecture Theatre. The BBC subsequently broadcast Human Universe and Forces of Nature ook Presented by Cox.

Awards and honors

Cox has RECEIVED many awards for his policymaking to publicise science. In 2002 he was elected an International Fellow of The Explorers Club and in 2006 have RECEIVED the British Association ‘s Lord Kelvin Award for this work. Also in 2006 he was Awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (an early-career Research Fellowship scheme). A frequent Lecturer, he was keynote speaker at the Australian Science Festival in 2006, and in 2010 was awarded the Institute of Physics Kelvin Prize for his work in Communicating the appeal and excitement of physics to the general public. [63] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s 2010 Birthday Honours for services to science. [8] [64] On 15 March 2011, he won Best Presenter and Best Science / Natural History programs at the Royal Television Society for Wonders of the Universe . On 25 March 2011, have won Twice at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for “Best Performer” in a non-acting role, while Wonders of the Solar System was named best documentary series or 2010. [65] [66]

In July 2012, Cox was Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield . [67] Later dat year, he was Awarded the Institute of Physics President’s medal to Sir Patrick Stewart , volgende welke have representation a speech on the value of education in science and the need to invest more in future generations of scientists. [68] On 5 October 2012 Cox was Awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University for his “Exceptional contribution to this club to Education and Culture”. [69] In 2012 he was ook Awarded the Michael Faraday Prize of the Royal Society “for his excellent work in science communication”. [70] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2016 . [9]

Filmography

Television

Year title Role Notes
2005-09 horizon Himself / Presenter episodes:

  • Einstein’s Equation of Life and Death (2005)
  • Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony (2005)
  • The Six Billion Dollar Experiment (2007)
  • What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity (2008)
  • Do You Know What Time It Is (2008)
  • Can we Make a Star on Earth (2009)
2008 The Big Bang Machine Presenter
2010 Wonders of the Solar System Presenter
Dani’s House himself
Would I Lie to You? Panellist
2011-12 QI Panellist episodes:

  • Series I, Episode 7 “Incomprehensible” (broadcast 21 October 2011)
  • Series J, Episode 12 “Justice” (broadcast 7 January 2012)
2011-present Stargazing Live Co-Presenter All 6 series
2011 Wonders of the Universe Presenter
A Night With The Stars Presenter
The One Show Guest
The Sky at Night Guest on 700th edition
The Graham Norton Show Guest Series 8, Episode 16
The Horizon Guide: Moon Presenter
2012 The Jonathan Ross Show Guest
Doctor Who himself ” The Power of Three “
2013 Wonders of Life Presenter
Science Britannica Presenter September 2013. BBC Two
Conan Guest episode 437
The Science of Doctor Who Presenter BBC Two
In Search of Science Presenter episodes:

  • Method and Madness
  • Frankenstein’s Monster
  • Money
2014 Monty Python Live himself
Human Universe Presenter BBC Two
2016 Forces of Nature Presenter BBC One
The Entire Universe Presenter BBC Two

Discography

Session discography [71]
  • Dare – Out of the Silence (1988)
  • Dare – Blood from Stone (1991)
  • D: Ream – D: Ream On Volume 1 (1993)
  • D: Ream – In Memory Of … (2011)

Bibliography

  • Why Does E = mc²? (And Why Should We Care?) With Jeff Forshaw (2009)
  • Wonders of the Solar System (with Andrew Cohen) (2010)
  • Wonders of the Universe (with Andrew Cohen) (2011)
  • The Quantum Universe (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does) with Jeff Forshaw (2011)
  • Wonders of Life: Exploring the Most Extraordinary Phenomenon in the Universe (with Andrew Cohen) (2013)
  • Human Universe (with Andrew Cohen) (2014)
  • Forces of Nature (with Andrew Cohen) (2016)
  • Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos with Jeff Forshaw (2016) [72]

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