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Brian Edward Cox is a British physicist, university teacher, musician, and television presenter. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, in 1968, he holds United Kingdom citizenship. He works at the University of Manchester and was educated at both the University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. His professional fields include particle physics, physics, and electronic keyboard performance.
Cox is a member of the Royal Society and has received several awards, including the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Kelvin Prize, and the Michael Faraday Prize. He is known for his notable work *Wonders of the Solar System*. He resides in Battersea and has four children. Cox identifies as an atheist and speaks English as his native language.
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Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Brian Edward Cox, OBE, is a British particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. He is working on the R&D project of the FP420 experiment in an…
Known for
- 100 Questions with Tom Simons — Self2026
- A Symphonic Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox — Self - Presenter2024
- Curious People: An Incomplete History of Nine Lessons & Compendium2024
- Cunk on Life — Self2024
- Solar System — Self - Presenter2024
- Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars2022
- Life's Big Questions — Self2022
- Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time — Self - Presenter2021
- Universe — Self - Presenter2021
- Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up — Self - Guest2021
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-03-03 ) 3 March 1968 (age 58) , Oldham , England
- Education
- University of Manchester ( BSc , PhD )
- Occupations
- Physicist, musician
- Known for
- Why Does E=mc ? The Quantum Universe Wonders of Life Wonders of the Universe Wonders of the Solar System The Planets Human Universe Stargazing Live
- Spouse
- Gia Milinovich ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 )
- Awards
- Kelvin Prize (2010) Michael Faraday Prize (2012) University Research Fellow (2005)
- Fields
- Particle physics
- Institutions
- University of Manchester CERN DESY
- Thesis
- Double diffraction dissociation at large momentum transfer (1998)
- Doctoral advisor
- Robin Marshall
- Doctoral students
- Tamsin Edwards
- Instrument
- Keyboards
- Formerly of
- Dare , D Ream
- Website
- apolloschildren .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Cox
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Oldham
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Employer
- University of Manchester
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Notable work
- Wonders of the Solar System
- Doctoral student
- Tamsin Edwards
- Field of work
- electronic keyboard
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Official website
- briancoxlive.co.uk
- Image
- Professor Brian Cox OBE FRS.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Residence
- Battersea
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Article · Português
Brian Cox é um físico e professor da Universidade de Manchester. É apresentador de diversos programas da BBC sobre ciência, onde durante algum tempo foi membro de uma banda de rock. Ele é filho de bancários e neto de trabalhadores de fábricas de algodão em Lancashire. Era um bom aluno no colégio, mas nada surpreendente, formando-se em física pela Universidade de Manchester. Ainda estudante, entrou na banda D:Ream, que tinha vários hits nas paradas britânicas. Antes, na década de 1980, ele já teve experiência como tecladista na banda Dare. Brian obteve um doutorado em física em Manchester, com um trabalho sobre física de partículas. Em 1997, a banda D:Ream se desfez. Nos anos 2000, ele apresentou vários programas de TV da BBC sobre física e astronomia. Além disso, mantém desde 2009 um programa de rádio pela BBC, que mistura comédia com ciência e possui grande público. Também dá palestras sobre o LHC e física das partículas, além de aparecer na lista dos homens vivos mais sexies do mundo da revista People em 2009. É autor de vários livros populares de ciência e foi consultor científico do filme Sunshine. Recebeu diversos prêmios na Inglaterra pelo seu esforço de divulgação da ciência. Ele se considera um humanista, tem uma filha nascida em 2009 e é padrasto de um menino. Seu interesse por astronomia começou quando leu o livro Cosmos, de Carl Sagan. Atualmente trabalha no experimento Atlas do LHC, na Suíça.
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