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Brian Cox
Brian Edward Cox is an English physicist and musician. He is a professor of particle physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage and the Wonders of... series and for popular…
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science · English physicist and musician (born 1968) · physicist · university teacher · musician · television presenter · astronomer · keyboardist · film producer · television actor · film actor · voice actor · also Brian Cox, Brian Cox (physicist), Brian E. Cox, Cox
Born 3 March 1968 · Q463581
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2026· 4 entries
Yahoo: Brian Cox found it 'very easy' directing himself in Glenrothan
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The Guardian: Brian Cox: ‘We don’t know how powerful AI is going to become – it’s both exciting and potentially a problem’
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The Guardian: Brian Cox says UK physics funding cuts are ‘destruction of the future’
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2025· 2 entries
New York Post: ‘Succession’ star Brian Cox accidentally flashes film festival audience while going commando
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The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) named Cox its Champion for Space
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2024· 3 entries
CNN: Perpetually unfiltered ‘Succession’ star Brian Cox has thoughts on awards season: ‘The Oscars are absolute nonsense’
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New York Post: Brian Cox slams ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and the state of movies: ‘Hugh Jackman can do more’
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The Guardian: Long Day’s Journey Into Night review – Brian Cox upstaged by Patricia Clarkson’s morphine fiend
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2023· 3 entries
The Guardian: 007: Road to a Million – Brian Cox is scene-chewingly villainous in Bond’s mega-fun reality series
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The Guardian: The Score review – Brian Cox is magnetic as JS Bach in a clash of values
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The Guardian: After Amadeus: Brian Cox as Bach is theatre’s latest orchestral manoeuvre
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2022· 2 entries
“Hello! Very much looking forward to starting a new chapter here. Browsing through an old box in the garage just now, I found these, and for some reason I thought it would make an appropriate first post. My 1990's computing history.”
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Was awarded the Hawking Fellowship by the Cambridge Union in the University of Cambridge
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2017· 1 entry
Cox appeared in the children's television programme Postman Pat, voicing space expert Professor Ryan Farrow
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,853 times.
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Appeared as a guest keyboardist during a performance of the song "Your Silent Face" by New Order
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2013· 2 entries
Published “Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems” in Science — cited 14,184 times.
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Presented another series of Wonders of Life
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2012· 4 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (2012).
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Won President's Medal (2012).
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Awarded Michael Faraday Prize (2012).
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Also was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize of the Royal Society "for his excellent work in science communication
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Kelvin Prize (2010).
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Was featured in The Case for Mars by Symphony of Science
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2009· 3 entries
Appeared in People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive
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Contributed to the charity book The Atheist's Guide to Christmas
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And Milinovich has a son from a previous relationship
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2008· 1 entry
Published “MaxQuant enables high peptide identification rates, individualized p.p.b.-range mass accuracies and proteome-wide protein quantification” in Nature Biotechnology — cited 14,626 times.
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2006· 1 entry
And in 2010 won the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal and Prize for his work in communicating the appeal and excitement of physics to the general public
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2003· 1 entry
Cox married American television presenter and writer Gia Milinovich in Duluth, Minnesota
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2002· 1 entry
Was elected an International Fellow of The Explorers Club and in 2006 he received the British Association's Lord Kelvin Award for this work
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome” in Nature — cited 18,637 times.
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1997· 1 entry
Completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in high-energy particle physics at the University of Manchester in 1998
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1991· 1 entry
Earned a Bachelor of Science degree with first-class honours in physics
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1972· 1 entry
Published “Regression Models and Life-Tables” in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology — cited 36,542 times.
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1968· 1 entry
Born 1968-03-03.
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