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Brian cox, phd, is a leading particle physicist and professor at the university of manchester, as well as a researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on earth, the atlas experiment on the cern large hadron collider in switzerland. The pop idol turned science idol, professor brian edward cox is a british physicist and professor of particle physics at the university of manchester. This was broadcast on bbc radio wales on 19th january 2012. Details of professor brian coxs 201617 tour of the uk and ireland the difference between science and entertainment there has been an online kerfuffle following some comments i made to an audience question at the society of biology on tuesday. Professor brian coxs show is ace but does rather look like a music video for the verve or something. Brian cox and professor jeff forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twentyfirst century science to unpack einsteins famous equation. Discover book depositorys huge selection of brian cox books online.
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