Brian Cox (physicist)
Brian Edward Cox CBE FRS is an English physicist and former musician. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially the Wonders of… series. Cox has been described as the natural successor for BBC’s scientific programming by both David Attenborough and Patrick Moore. Before his academic career, Cox was a keyboard player for the British bands D: Ream and Dare.
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Brian Edward Cox CBE FRS is an English physicist and former musician. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially the Wonders of… series and for popular science books, such as Why Does E=mc²? and The Quantum Universe. Cox has been described as the natural successor for BBC’s scientific programming by both David Attenborough and Patrick Moore. Before his academic career, Cox was a keyboard player for the British bands D: Ream and Dare. Cox is a Royal Society University Research Fellow, a PPARC Advanced Fellow, and particle physicist at the University of Manchester. He works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. In 2015, he appeared as a guest keyboardist during a live performance of the song Your Silent Face by New Order. He has co-written several books on physics including Why does E=MC2? and The Quantum Universe, both with Jeff Forshaw. Cox also presented a three-part BBC series called Science Britannica which sees him explore the contribution of British scientists over the last 350 years, as well as the relationship between British science and the public perception thereof.
He co-presents Space Hoppers and has also featured in Dani’s House on CBBC. Since November 2009, Cox has also co-presented a BBC Radio 4 magazine programme The Infinite Monkey Cage with comedian Robin Ince and physicist-turned-comedian Dara ÓBriain. The second series of The Incredible Journey with Alice Roberts and Neil Roberts ran in November 2009 and January 2012 and January 2013. The third series featuring a variety of guests, including Alice Roberts, Neil Roberts, Tim Minchin and Alexei Sayle, ran in January 2013 and January 2014. Cox was awarded a CBE in 2012 for services to science. He also received a knighthood in 2013 for his contributions to the science community. He was awarded an OBE in 2014 for his work in the field of particle physics and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Physics and Astronomy. He lives in Manchester with his wife and two children. He and his family live in Chadderton, Greater Manchester.
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