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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 · Español
Brian Edward Cox (3 de marzo de 1968) es un físico de partículas británico, investigador de la Real Sociedad de Londres y profesor en la Universidad de Mánchester. Es miembro del grupo de física de alta energía en la Universidad de Mánchester y trabaja en el experimento ATLAS en el LHC, en el CERN, cerca de Ginebra, Suiza. Está trabajando en el proyecto de I + D del experimento FP420 en una colaboración internacional para mejorar el ATLAS y el experimento CMS mediante la instalación de detectores adicionales más pequeños a una distancia de 420 metros de los puntos de interacción de los principales experimentos. Es conocido por el público por ser presentador de numerosos programas de la BBC. Fue famoso en los años 90 por ser teclista de las bandas D:ream y Dare.
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