Brian Cox: The Unauthorised Biography of the Man Who Brought Science to the Nation

Falk, Ben

ISBN 10: 1784183776 / ISBN 13: 9781784183776

Published by John Blake, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brian Cox: The Unauthorised Biography of the Man Who Brought Science to the Nation
• Publisher: John Blake
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784183776
• ISBN 13: 9781784183776
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Professor Brian Cox is among the best-known physicists in the world. As presenter of hit television series Human Universe, Wonders of the Solar System, and Wonders of the Universe, his affable charm and infectious enthusiasm have brought science to a whole new audience. Born in Lancashire in 1968, Cox was a bright but not brilliant pupil at school. He flourished at university, however, gaining a first-class honors degree and an MPhil in Physics from Manchester University before being awarded his PhD in particle physics in 1998. Alongside his studies, he played keyboards in the band D:Ream, who topped the charts in 1994 with "Things Can Only Get Better," which was famously used by the Labor Party for its 1997 election campaign. Although an award-winning celebrity TV presenter, Brian Cox remains devoted to scientific research. He is a Royal Society University Research Fellow, an advanced fellow at the University of Manchester, and also works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. In 2010 he was awarded the OBE for his services to science. Featuring exclusive interviews and in-depth research, this book delves into the fascinating universe of the man who single-handedly made physics cool.

About the Author

Ben Falk is an entertainment journalist and author of Robert Downey Jr: The Fall and Rise Of The Comeback Kid. He regularly writes about TV, movies, and entertainment for the Huffington Post and Sky.