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.
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.
If that picture's true, then we have to discover those Higgs particles at the LHC. If it's not true — because it's quite a convoluted mechanism, although it's the simplest we've been able to think of. Brian Cox
If that picture's true, then we have to discover those Higgs particles at the LHC. If it's not true — because it's quite a convoluted mechanism, although it's the simplest we've been able to think of.
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.
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.
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.
Every one of us is related to someone who lived in Ethiopia hundreds of thousands of years ago. It is the Garden of Eden. Brian Cox
Every one of us is related to someone who lived in Ethiopia hundreds of thousands of years ago. It is the Garden of Eden.
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…
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.
You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful. Brian Cox
You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful.
