Brian Edward Cox (3 March 1968) is an English physicist, and Advanced Fellow of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.
The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it. Brian Cox
The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it.
We're both clever and stupid in equal measure. Brian Cox
We're both clever and stupid in equal measure.
Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star. Brian Cox
Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.
United States spends more on pet grooming than it does on fusion research. Brian Cox
United States spends more on pet grooming than it does on fusion research.
One of the wonderful things, actually, I find, is that we've discovered any of them, when you realize how tiny they are. Brian Cox
One of the wonderful things, actually, I find, is that we've discovered any of them, when you realize how tiny they are.
It's almost like ... imagine a snowflake in your hand, and you look at it, and it's an incredibly complicated, beautiful object. Brian Cox
It's almost like ... imagine a snowflake in your hand, and you look at it, and it's an incredibly complicated, beautiful object.
We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets. Brian Cox
We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets.
And on some of those planets, the oxygen, which had been created in that first generation of stars, could fuse with hydrogen to form water, liquid water on the surface. Brian Cox
And on some of those planets, the oxygen, which had been created in that first generation of stars, could fuse with hydrogen to form water, liquid water on the surface.
The ultimate paradox, of course, is that even though we're all going to die, we've all got to live in the meantime… Brian Cox
The ultimate paradox, of course, is that even though we're all going to die, we've all got to live in the meantime…
In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false. Brian Cox
In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.
But, without it, the sun wouldn't shine. And when the sun shines, you get copious quantities of these things, called neutrinos, pouring out. Brian Cox
But, without it, the sun wouldn't shine. And when the sun shines, you get copious quantities of these things, called neutrinos, pouring out.
We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself. Brian Cox
We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.
