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Brian Cox

By 21st June 2019July 25th, 2019Speakers

Professor Brian Cox OBE is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He is a hugely successful television presenter, and has received many awards for his work promoting science and was the Science Advisor on Danny Boyle’s science-fiction thriller Sunshine. Brian has also worked in the music business, having toured the world with various bands and played keyboard with D:REAM, who had several UK Top 10 hits.

Brian co-wrote the books that accompany his television series Forces of Nature, Human Universe, Wonders of Life, Wonders of the Universe and Wonders of the Solar System, and a Christmas annual to accompany his popular BBC Radio 4 series Infinite Monkey Cage, which he co-hosts with comedian, Robin Ince.

He received an OBE for his contribution science in 2010.