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Professor Brian Cox

Brian Cox OBE, professor of particle physics, initially embarked on a music career playing keyboards with D:Ream.

Brian Cox, OBE, is a professor of particle physics at the University Of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. Born and raised in Oldham, he initially embarked on a music career, playing keyboards with D:Ream, who released the No.1 hit Things Can Only Get Better in 1994. During that time, Cox began to study physics at the University of Manchester, eventually making a transition from aspiring pop idol to science star.

A charismatic speaker, he has been an ever-present personality on the 大象传媒. In 2009, Cox and comedian Robin Ince also began co-hosting the popular 大象传媒 Radio 4 show Infinite Monkey Cage, which takes an irreverent look at the world through scientists鈥� eyes.

In 2012, Brian was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield. He also holds two Guinness World Records 鈥� Most Tickets Sold For A Science Show and Most Tickets Sold For A Science Tour 鈥� which he continually breaks, as he did with his 2019 sell-out live tour Universal: Adventures In Space And Time.

He's currently in the middle of a new tour called 鈥楬orizons鈥�, which promises to take us "on a dazzling cinematic journey", and is the story of how we came to be and what we can become. Using state-of-the-art LED screen technology arenas will be filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes and a time before the Big Bang.

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Music Played

  • D:Ream

    U R The Best Thing

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Frank Sinatra & Billy May Orchestra

    Come Fly With Me

    • Come Fly With Me.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Till There Was You

    • With The Beatles.
    • Parlophone.
    • 6.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Enola Gay

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.
    • 3.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Don't Believe A Word

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Vertigo.

  • Duran Duran

    Save A Prayer

    • Now 1982 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Joy Division

    Disorder

    • Unknown Pleasures.
    • London Records.
    • 1.

  • Billy Joel

    New York State Of Mind

  • Bob Dylan

    Girl From The North Country

    • The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Go!

    • The Race For Space.
    • Test Card Records.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Aug 2022 05:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2