Brian Cox Lecture - GCSE Science brought down to Earth

[@Coops4343]

Such a fantastic speaker. He brings an implausibly complex subject to the masses through the art of storytelling. Superb.

[@kevincasson9848]

He"s just ok! However, he's nit in same league as the American physists, especially Brian Green, and Neil De Grass Tyson!

[@pepevergara]

It is incredible how easy this man explains such complicated mater. He does all this with a permanente smile on his face, using simple words and a humble approach. Unlike the man who introduced him, he is very humble, and just a wonderful human being.

[@Dekker90210]

there's no better inspiration in the universe to young aspiring physicists than Prof Brian Cox.One of my all time heros.Had i been watching this at a young age, i'd certainly be pursuing a career in the fascinating field of science.

[@novh4ck]

It's amazing that he talks about Higgs particle and says that they use it in equations even though it might not even exist but just a year later they confirmed it's existence! Made me very happy.

[@andrewcalvert2801]

They could tell you anything and you would believe it, wait till you find out it’s all nonsense, will you be able to fight the cognitive dissonance I know you’re going to experience, will you be able to be honest with yourself with an open mind when presented with evidence and an obvious proof and just obvious common sense, the real world laughs in the faces of these physicists of self proclaimed know it all’s Science isn’t what Brian says it is, there’s not one practical demonstration using tangible substances for ANY of the claims that the earth is a spinning ball in a vacuum, even Einstein said there’s not one observational experiment that can show the earth is in motion, water doesn’t conform to the exterior of shapes and objects, water has to be contained, once contained the surface will always be a level line, water is used in construction to find plumb and level, water doesn’t have the capability to support sheer stress, it’s called the horizon for a reason, horizontal, and the oceans are known as sea level, level doesn’t mean a curved line, in the real world level is a straight line, no experiment can show a gas pressure like our atmosphere existing next to a vacuum without equilibrium taking place, both have to be contained and can only exist side by side whilst both are contained, the globe is being shown for the scam it is

[@antoniobennett3588]

@@andrewcalvert2801 that comment was almost as long as the video

[@RoseInTheWeeds]

@@andrewcalvert2801 You can literally go on a road trip with a stick and a ruler and confirm the curvature and size of the Earth.

[@justiceitself]

Me too! It makes me so happy that we continue exploring and trying to understand the universe we come from.

[@paulwilson757]

. ... or just look a the earths shadow on the moon ...lol . Although I do believe most or all theories held today will be disproven 100 years from now ... .

[@jeppefrolund1718]

At 41:00 Dr. Cox talks about a particle that is theorized to exist in the Higgs field, and in the spirit of Feynman they'd have to go and look for it, in order for their theory to hold. As we now know, about a year later, Cox and all the amazing scientists at CERN discovered just that - the Higgs particle, effectively proving that the science was solid all along.

[@1414141x]

Big thumbs up for Brian Cox. He's engaging, super bright and charismatic. I hope his enthusiasm for science rubs off on lots of young people.

[@kelvinkung5966]

He is really good at laying difficult and complex theories/ concepts/ facts in simple and down-to-earth language. Hopefully I can meet him when I come to Manchester to study the coming year!

[@ros.an.]

you've probably finished your studies by now, did you end up meeting him? I might be studying there this year too!

[@jensmaison]

Can't get enough of this guy, totally absorbing. Thanks for posting.

[@thagrintch]

Brian Cox is the Sagan of our time. Such an eloquent and well-spoken man who helps others understand the Universe in a fun and lay way.

[@rebekkadenton8667]

Loved Brian Cox for so many years. I've now taken on an astronomy course....the maths side I'm struggling with but the physics I'm enjoying. I'll get there with his wonderful influence. He's my ♥️

[@fassolhermani5984]

Where did you find the course? Is it online?

[@AuroraBlood]

Brian is always so happy and enthusiastic

[@wordsrwind22]

I seriously just love this guy. What an amazing communicator. His enthusiasm is contagious. I love how he always talks with a smile!

[@jospinvanraat8730]

And a Mancunian

[@rodneykain8477]

@@jospinvanraat8730 !

[@hueytlatoani1177]

@Javier Tamargo: Because he loves what he does.

[@dementedgravedigger]

How can the BBC justify programs like Greatest dancer, The great british sewing bee and other saturday night rubbish and drop programs like Stargazing live? I understood that the BBC was here to entertain and inform,not to treat us like mushrooms.

[@danielash1704]

U Tube favorite there running out of idea's

[@xmxyoung]

Agreed.

[@xmxyoung]

Agreed

[@scottydawg2990]

What kinda 🍄 we talkin? 🤔😜

[@dazzawazza3578]

Because they seem to be on a dumbing down mission

[@danielhaslam5179]

I’ve finished A-level Physics and will begin my MPhys in September, but I thought I’d put this on to hear Brian talk - whether it’s tailored towards GCSE kids or 4th year quantum physics students I find his explanations riveting. 40:58 to 41:14 in particular really does make me smile when you realise this lecture was a year before CERN first witnessed the Higgs boson.

[@mistergrau]

Professor Cox is one of the most eloquent popularizers of science! Bravo!

[@themorgan1111]

He is so fantastic, you can see he honestly adores science, as do i, he simplifies everything so well , even the hardest things to understand....brilliant!!!!

[@kimbye1]

Dr. Cox is such a great communicator of science, we need more people like him.

[@FracturedFrames]

I love how exactly when the man at the beginning says, "No flash photography," a flash goes off.

[@porkchopcreative18]

FracturedFrames I saw that too XDD

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

Seems kinda snooty... But damn flashes constantly, jesus. Learn to use a camera people.

[@BladeRunner-td8be]

Many many flashes went off after he said that. Incredible rebellious behavior. Almost like shooting spit wads at the teacher through a straw.

[@AnyahEMB]

" . . . No flash photography . . ." Me: Runs to the comments section. :)

[@dogapart4701]

😂😂😂😂😂😂Exactly i noticed that too.

[@ashish19]

Lecture starts at 8:45

[@anchalyadav6213]

Haha thnx i was looking for this

[@pasokhjooporseshgar5582]

Thanks, you saved me nearly 9 minute of boredom.

[@mobiledetail4you]

You are a gentleman and a scholar!

[@user-kahsnani]

ashish19 legend

[@mjowsey]

ty

[@HardRockMiner]

You certainly can tell that Brian admired Carl Sagen. His excitment is infectious much like Mr Sagan's was..

[@gilbertchen3669]

Brian Cox is the most elegant gentleman in physic community I have ever seen.

[@captaincanada8872]

gilbert Chen yet he was in a 80’s hair band...

[@marklewis4793]

he's the guy all my girlfriends parents have been disappointed that I'm not.

[@matthewclark1006]

I disagree. Neil Turok

[@williamdean4101]

He's the most elegant gentleman, period!

[@williamdean4101]

He's the most elegant gentleman period!

[@DoYouFeelLucky]

This was an excellent lecture. Young people now need more than ever to have more of this kind of presentation in education, from an early age to different degrees of complexity. How to learn and why they should learn, and how infinitely awe-inspiring the Cosmos really is. Come to think of it, Carl Sagan's brilliant old Cosmos tv show should be standard school viewing for all! :)

[@bennkosmith6316]

The idea that someone could work out that time slows down relative to speed by just sitting there and thinking about 2 mirrors and light bouncing between them is really mind bending stuff. I get the sense that Brian himself is in awe of Einsteins genius.

[@keyan1219]

Bennko Smith everyone is but other very good scientists can understand how impressive he is even more

[@djtbone001a]

I've always had a problem with that diagram. As soon as the mirrors move, the light bounces away and you can no longer measure it between the mirrors. You know if you shine a light at a mirror and you change the angle of the mirror, the light goes off in a new direction and not back to it's source. Light will not follow the mirrors as they travel.

[@djtbone001a]

I have the same problem with the diagram of gravity. If mass bends space, it would do that in 3 dimensions, not 2. Therefore you can't diagram gravity by warping space in a 2 dimensional plane.

[@Gootsffrida]

DJ TBOne You are completely correct. The models and diagrams that you see involving a 2d representation of gravity is just for the sake of explanation for the masses. It’s very easy to understand and relate to. Essentially what is happening in the 2d model is what’s happening in 3D space.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

@@djtbone001a you have to imagine it's a single photon. the experiment only works in the brain, you can't reproduce it. it proves the point, that's all.

[@Lingerminator]

Amazing! How Brian Cox handles his response to the random question at the end was truly outstanding. What an opportunity the next generation have with stepping stones like this.

[@jrock8089]

I had a great GCSE science teacher called Miss Adams, circa 1996. She taught at Beauchamp College, Oadby, Leicester. She was a great teacher and I’m sure she still is.

[@stephenboing]

Professor Cox brings the wonderful complexity of the sciences into the home of the lamen, he explains in a way that can be quantified and understood, and if it inspires you to pick up a book and begin reading and drawing conclusions for yourself, you'll be all the better for it. May our curiosity of all things never diminish.

[@vikkipage4274]

He's so poetic and passionate about his field, you can't help but be drawn in. I would LOVE to have a Professor like him.

[@omnisc253]

I started watching this at midnight but couldn't bring myself to stop watching until the very end, I suppose that's when you know you've been successful in communicating how interesting physics and science actually are.

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

I love Professor Brian Cox, the way he talks and explains things, has a way of really drawing you in and holding your attention.

[@joshs1533]

This was a brilliant lecture and really had my interest throughout. Brian Cox is a brilliant Professor and I am sure he is helping influence the next generation of Physicists.

[@oc2phish07]

Prof: Brian Cox was fascinating in this video and recently, in 2019, I watched him 'LIVE' at the Wembley Arena in London and he was even more fascinating. I never get tired of listening to him.

[@Trevor_Austin]

How amazing. After a lecture like this you end up knowing more and knowing less.

[@justsaying7742]

In 1972 at school in London, my physics teacher for two terms was a young Brian May of 'Queen' fame.

[@kingsman428]

You lucky lucky bastard.

[@LamiaZan]

And youare still fascinaded,I suppose..

[@catschase247]

As Rod Stewart used to say: Some guys have all the luck. I'd love to have had Bryan May or Professor Cox as a teacher.

[@donaldsmith3926]

I didn't know he taught then. He's been public about his physics avocation during Queen's halcyon days and resumption of studies after that time.

[@annethomas9302]

Yes we have evolved

[@jfc213]

im 60 this yr ? and it seams you can teach old dogs new things very very interesting thanks xxx

[@halnicholas]

"Those who think there is a conflict of religion and science, have a poor understanding of both" ...that was amazing!

[@sidstevens9035]

He is 100 % wrong Science is evidence Religion is faith How much more different could they be ?

[@dawsonberardi973]

@@sidstevens9035 I think he's right. Religion and Science both seek to explain why we're here. Christianity's creation story and The big Bang theory can coincide with one another. One is just based off of scientific experimentation, and one made hundreds/thousands of years ago to find meaning in a complicated world. - Coming from an atheist

[@bricktop9527]

@@sidstevens9035 both are faith based these days

[@justiceitself]

Creationists would like to have a word with you...

[@audiocalls2822]

@@sidstevens9035 and faith is fake

[@The1SuperAtheist]

I finally made it to my first physics lecture yesterday in Minneapolis. Brian Cox is much better in real life to listen to although I still enjoy listening to his older lectures. I'll return to every lecture he has within 200 miles for the rest of my life

[@inquisitiveterrestrian]

Something I've noticed in all of the Brian Cox lectures I've watched is that he is always smiling. I don't think that he is faking any of his enthusiasm; he really enjoys physics.

[@Hollowman87100]

Very interesting although i have read this in books and i have watched his shows, a really good DVD is "So you think you know reality" It features Brian, its about quantum physics and includes all the stuff from "What the bleep do we know" and more, its almost 3 hours long, great for quantum beginners and if you have a thirst for understanding you will love it. It seems very hard to come by though.

[@MrJenssen]

If Cox's "Wonders"-series was available back when I went to school, you can bet your ass I'd be a whole lot more intereted in physics back then.

[@mukeshchand5301]

Correct

[@wakeupwakeup7617]

@ Lol science these days are per definition a religion. Brian Cox is a fraud or deranged if he truly believes in the current "scientific" field of physics.

[@Foxyfreedom]

I’m I’m hhI’m O k ok k ok. Lll

[@I.m_glad_you.re_here]

WakeUp WakeUp, you don’t have to be rude, mate...

[@alalala132whyisthishandletaken]

this is astronomy; effectively nothing to do with physics.

[@stephenboing]

The process of drawing conclusions through experiment is simply wonderful, thank you Mr Feynman.

[@leenkawas106]

You and Jim Khalili are such an inspiration. My life would've been so different had I had teachers like you in high school. I hated maths and found physics so obtuse. In a few lectures, you made me fall in love with both.

[@cassannereid]

I find Professor Cox to be an important figure for mainstreaming science back into civilization. Magnificent!

[@JamieWordsworth]

A brilliant lecture and a wonderful testament from Brian to the importance of scientific research. Long live this kind of research! Allow the accidents of science to enrich our world - Penicillin, MRI, the internet ★

[@paprotkaism]

Unbelievable! I'm absolutely thrilled by the ease with witch he's talking! Everything seems so simple! I wish I had a chance to talk with Brian Cox someday....

[@UUUHYEAH]

I got a A in physics because of Brian Cox

[@Blitzkrieg14]

ARGH!!!! Those lucky bastards! XD Seriously though this guy is incredible, I find myself fighting tiredness when I listen to other guys, but Brian is so easy to understand and has gotten myself interested in Physics and Cosmology again. There's like a 25% rise in students taking A-Level Maths and Physics, that can only be good for the future. A true inspiration for us all, not just this generation. He's made science easy for all of us to understand; he honestly deserves more than an OBE.

[@rsr789]

The short Feynman video was a nice touch. Thanks for posting this!

[@TheTobyimages]

Good ole Brian, I wish that he was around when I was at school. I hadnt even heard of Carl Sagan.

[@samr.england613]

Carl Sagan was the Led Zeppelin of popularizing science. (You've heard of Zeppelin, right?) :)

[@UUUHYEAH]

This motivated me extremely to study physics.

[@papelhojas]

i loved this lecture, i wonder if there is one where he spends more time on the problem of gravity, but i imagine he would have needed another hour at least.

[@knarfx4732]

40:00 Watching this video 10 years later and seeing Prof B. Cox calling a prediction of a particle that may not even exist because a mathematical equation and then realize that this particle was the higgs boson and this video is from 2012 and the higgs was discovered on 2015 is just 🤯. When he was giving this lecture the higgs boson wasn’t discovered yet and he said the math predicted it, 3 years later BOOM 💥 the particle is here, science is awesome indeed 🔥🔥🔥

[@waynehawkins9085]

Mr B Cox has had an influence on my life with out me even realising it. He can connect with people in a way that only a very select people are allowed to.

[@Axle_grinds]

"No flash photography..." *FLASH*

[@TheAdwatson]

I watched Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" series when it first came on TV in the UK and I totally agree with Brian's description!

[@rawlinsonboy]

Very proud to say that Professor Cox is from my home town of Oldham

[@lu74wn2002]

Wow oh what a brilliant lecture. He has so much enthusiasm and passion

[@yashaouchan]

It's fun to hear this before they actually found the higgs boson particle.

[@humanbeing2009]

Really great lecture by Brian. In fact all of them are. What I just learned from this one is, if I just keep moving , well I guess relative to you, I'll live longer! Gotta go cause it's not easy typing this when you're jogging :-)

[@awesometopics1988]

I've watched this from beginning to end and I don't know alot about what he's saying but I try to ,and sometimes I try to think my brain could be as smart as a physicist like Einstein, and I close my eyes and try to think differently like him but nothing comes out ..still normal..but im very interested in these topics and also other topics alike

[@hitchadmirer]

Fluent, lucid, inspirational, entertaining....a joy. Thank you.

[@hudds90]

He is the most likable guy and a great speaker and breaks things down for your normal person like me

[@JimmyGinjaNinja]

Mind was blown when he explained how einstein's time dilation equation is used for gps navigation. Also, he did an amazing job putting the genius of Einstein into perspective.

[@stevedavis1437]

"I think that anyone who says there is a conflict is really misunderstanding both" ...an awesome and intelligent statement

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

LOST: Higgs Boson. Update: FOUND

[@stevenschulte1475]

@Mickey Finn it is found. This is a pre Highs Boson lecture. Keep up. Lol

[@jewbinson]

The Deputy President/ Vice Chancellor near the beginning of the lecture made a terrific speech. Inspirational!

[@nickacelvn]

32;50 Good old Ernest Rutherford (He was, in fact, a New Zealander doncha know)

[@reksubbn3961]

Bloody fly. Tried to squash it. Haha.

[@xmxyoung]

Every program Brian Cox has done has been great. Space shit is fascinating.

[@Ben_D.]

0:43 "we will have the answer to the Higgs Boson in about two years" Very accurate prediction.

[@Alteredimensions]

Was it?

[@mikemccord72]

It's why the LHC was built. Higgs field had been hypothesized in the 60s

[@Blontified]

Didn't amount to much though, did it?

[@jamestruax9716]

maybe tonight

[@KLHoo7]

Roger Spur at Mudfossil University has proven how light Interacts with matter.If you dont look at his findings you cannot call yourself a scientist.

[@xhyhbdka]

I've lived around Oldham for the last 12 years, and just found out Brian Cox grew up here... I'm gobsmacked as there are no indications anywhere of this, and strongly believe there should be!

[@retribution722]

symphony of science brought me here. this is absolute brilliance.

[@rocker2409]

It pains to see such a wonderful lecture going un-noticed while beiber gets a million views. :/

[@marekpodworski7835]

Beiber gets a billion.. 😂

[@jrock8089]

Innit though

[@siobhanbeatrice4813]

Thank you. It was wonderful. Brian Cox is a wonderful physicist.

[@chuyiutak]

Brian Cox is such an amazing speaker! He sounds so passionate and humble (=

[@Schizopantheist]

This is a really great lecture. This is EXACTLY what i'd want to tell children to get them interested in science!

[@oscarjr.cobarrubias6678]

Very beautiful lecture. I feel smart after watching. Thank you, Professor Cox.

[@thebeardedjohn]

Hola amigo

[@AscendingParadigm]

"Million million million million millionth of a second" is boggling my mind.

[@johnbroomhead1039]

If you want your mind boggling try working with a concreter

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@bill Bloggs take your meds Bill.

[@I.m_glad_you.re_here]

Skep Tical, he’s talking to the kids...

[@rsconrado]

Amazing lecture. Thank you Mr Cox. I do love listening you.

[@katehobbs2008]

Actually he is 52 . Could pass for 30. The existence of Brian Cox, and others like him if there are any, justifies the existence of humanity. 🇦🇺

[@MrDarwincat]

As of July 16th 2020, 624 dislikes, what is wrong with people? This is amazing, LOVE Professor Cox

[@nathancook6110]

Not got a clue what Brian is talking about... But how fascinating and great voice to listen to

[@MrRAAN1]

The analogies that Brian Cox presents are definitely one of the easiest ones to grasp. I've been interested in astrophysics and astronomy for 8 years now, and there are concepts which are so hard to grasp.. Like the expanding universe. The raisins in the bread analogy just made it really CLICK for me, and suddenly my mind could grasp and visualize what actually happening RIGHT NOW. When he said that I literally laughed until I cried, because something clicked in my head and I knew I finally really understood it for the first time.. I'll go out on a limb and say Brian Cox is an equal caliber of educator and science-presenter as Richard Feynman was.

[@Vloggifyer]

Lucky sods, chosen by teachers to see this amazing lecture yet don't understand the magnitude of his INCREDIBLE jokes.

[@edwardwilloughby3783]

That’s why we’re luckier to come back and appreciate it as older, more educated people

[@chrisst8922]

It was this or Alton Towers.

[@markbell4345]

Such a passionate man.....i read his first book and was totally sucked into his love for the beauty of math and physics etc.... I love this kind of doc as it helps to keep me grounded as to what is really important..... so tiny compared to all of it.

[@paulfaulkner6299]

This is why we need all of us.... Out of the billions of people ever born it only takes one to understand the complexities of any really complicated part of nature and explain to us other mortals. Flight first finally happened in 1903 - but we were on the moon in 1969. Someone somewhere over the next few decades will tell the rest of us about those missing pieces of the jigsaw so we can go to the stars; I hope I'm still around to see it.

[@spridle]

So happy to see a lecture of Brian's get so many views.

[@rbird1985]

wonderful, I enjoyed every second. Thanks for putting this up!

[@ryanbowen3465]

I love lectures given by professor Cox. I like his theories on quantum mechanics and string theory.

[@awesometopics1988]

Very well done..loved the speech..very informative and I love the detective work about our ancestors in New mexico..really enjoyed it

[@lazygamerz]

We're trying to find such questions out. That's the exiting bit, we don't know, and we are not afraid to admit it. If you really want to know, you become a scientist, if you just want some words (like a drug-hit to get you high for 15 minutes), you just believe whatever you want to believe (religion). Science is like a steady bettering of your quality of life, every step up brings new higher highs, religion simply offer short highs, and they only diminish in height (no new epiphanies).

[@pinchmesh8642]

I'm confused with your assessment and beliefs. Religion offers strength and happiness. Faith and love in something other than ourselves gives us hope for a better present and future for us and our children. Science is simply a search for truth, no matter where it leads us. If we have faith in GOD, we can work out how GOD does things, and can even deal more effectively with our world (that we make for ourselves) and everything in it. Ultimately, no matter what science says, the final decisions are GOD's. Faith brings hope, and without hope, who would even try ? Oh. and this is a long term, lifelong multi generational high too. As a good example, the USA is a Christian nation and allows others to believe as they want. We have the best science, music and economy. We are the softest, easiest influenced, kindest, most forgiving, nation in the world. We are also the strongest. Is that a long term or short term high ? I'm confused with your assessment and beliefs.

[@I.m_glad_you.re_here]

lazygamerz, generally I agree with you, but with qualifications. Religion is not a well studied subject of a scientific research and we don’t know much about the mechanisms which make people tick in the religious key. People are religious not because they are dumb or misinformed, but because religion gives them answers which science has no goal of answering. Denying existence of these questions is not helping progress of science. Today about 5 billion people believe in the same God of Abraham (Christians, Muslims, and Jews). Saying “they all are delirious” is not helpful...

[@gymladkhan2223]

@@pinchmesh8642 Religion truly has brought societies far in your respect, however, I think it is time that they gradually leave behind the religions that they believe in and start focusing on their inner compose and logic, in my opinion.

[@GhibliFan1]

Oh many great things happened within a hundred meters or a little more of that building. The word's first stored program computer, John Dalton giving birth to atomic theory, Emmeline Pankhurst starting the push for women's rights and the vote.... many many things. We're extremely proud of this little city of Manchester. :)

[@qaeeskhan58]

Wish I had him for my science lessons, maybe I would've paid attention more 🤣

[@yengamaurice]

What a very good lecture !! :)

[@pk-fi1ok]

1:37 ".. so no flash photography, please..." FLASH!!! lol :)))

[@matt45waffle]

watching videos of this guy in a way helped me get better grades at a-level science ;') thanks brian

[@Antiochus1v]

Loved his interview about his work with professor Michael Gambon at the unfeasabley large Telescope.Gary Bellamy.BBC radio.Down TheLine

[@pedropeders2042]

1:36 Speaker: No flash photography Some kid: 📸🎇

[@MasterRancisis]

I was there!

[@n1k32h]

Did u meet his cox! Bet ur grades were right UP there!

[@Jornadadeumguitarrista]

You're lucky to have had this privilege haha

[@sichunwang1337]

Lucky you

[@PermanaJayanta]

At first I was just searching physicist mentioned in The Big Bang Theory sitcom, end up in here and watching the whole videos. And now searching for more.

[@josiderek]

Brian Edward Cox, OBE (born 3 March 1968)

[@charankol]

i realised that at the time of this video higgs particle was not experimentally observed yet