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.
We're both clever and stupid in equal measure. Brian Cox
We're both clever and stupid in equal measure.
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.
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.
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…
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.
The analogy is that these people in a room are the Higgs particles. Now when a particle moves through the universe, it can interact with these Higgs particles. Brian Cox
The analogy is that these people in a room are the Higgs particles. Now when a particle moves through the universe, it can interact with these Higgs particles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
