Brian Cox is one of the interviews I was really looking forward to doing - and that was even before I realized that he was keyboarder of one of my favorite songs from the 90s. ;) He is genuinely excited about his job and having seen him at Lift
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last year explaining the universe you cannot help but be intrigued about what is behind all that. how he got Tony Blair elected with his band named D:Ream (Things can only get better) what he works on (and for the rest of his physicist stuff I suggest you have a look at his Wikipedia page) how the world works and the forces of nature why the rumors about a black hole where nonsense when starting the particle accelerator at cern but what science fiction instead can teach us speaks excitingly about this experiment which can put some light to big bang theory things that it helps to understand who we are where, we came from and where we are going his appearances on his TV and radio programs, like to explain science in a simple way and why that is a good thing underlines the importance of science and how the commoner should be aware of science - it is usually payed by tax payers so they should be able to understand it most of the liberties which we are used to now came from science - the Web for example was invented at CERN it's not fault of knowledge that it is used in a wrong way
Science is above all else is a reaction to the human condition. The universe is wonderful, confusing interesting and scary at the same time - and you react to that. [...] Leweb themes is an emotional theme, and there is a profoundly emotional reaction to the universe if you see it through the eyes of science. ... Love your universe.
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