In Class with Brian Cox - Brian answers student questions

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
  • Science superstar, Prof Brian Cox, answered student questions live from the RiAus studio.
    Questions;
    - How are black holes formed?
    - When something enters a black hole, what happens next?
    - How will the univese end?
    - The big bang created the universe, but how can so much come from practically nothing?
    - What happens when you reach the end of the universe- is there anything beyond it?
    - Do you think we live in one universe of many? How many could there be?
    - What would happen if multiple universes collided?
    -What is dark matter?
    -Will we ever be able to travel faster than the speed of light?
    - Is time travel possible, and will it happen within our lifetime?
    - Is it possible to instantly travel through space- teleportation?
    - Do you think there is life on other planets? Aliens even?
    - What inspired you to get in to science/physics?
    - What is your favourite planet, and why?
    - Following the Higgs Boson discovery at CERN- what's the next great experiment in Physics?
    - Would life on earth be any different if we had two moons?
    - How is the human brain linked to the cosmos?
    - Is it possible for space elevators to be built in the next decade?
    - If there was a space craft going to deep space, would you join it?
    - Is maths the language of the universe?
    - How much do you think science fiction influences science?
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  • @bryanrivera306
    @bryanrivera306 4 года назад +387

    love how he's encouraging students to work on things he doesn't know about. it's like he's giving them the confidence and belief that they can be smarter than him. a true educator

    • @athena3865
      @athena3865 Год назад +3

      Maybe not smarter, though maybe more knowledgeable once additional discoveries are made.

    • @FollowJesusChristfirst
      @FollowJesusChristfirst Год назад

      It does take IQ to sell a lie. Brian knows evolution is a lie since 2000. So IQ is used to sell a ludicrous Lie. Think, how can you get a world of death, but someone tells you all life started in a pond of life, nest to a volcano. Ask Brian about complex genes, in his pond of rocks, that turn into every creature, "math impossible" he knows this. Fossil evidence proves creation in two layers, as does 15,000 new species that turn up every year. That's why the birds don't worry. Watch John safran vs god at the end you will see a true professor and the smartest guy in his uni. Maybe he does not want you to find out his work is wrong, so sends you off on the wide path believing a lie.
      God Bless.

    • @throwback19841
      @throwback19841 Год назад +12

      Well things can only get better where Brian Cox is involved.

    • @jbbloodclot
      @jbbloodclot Год назад

      stop been a sodomite

    • @Ryan88881
      @Ryan88881 4 месяца назад +3

      @@athena3865 True, but I think OP just means in the sense that he probably would maintain the notion that even his students can potentially teach him. That's the sign of a true expert and/or intelligent individual. When you swallow your pride and just admit that even some lay people could potentially teach you small (or even large) details and concepts in your field of expertise.

  • @Aerospacedu
    @Aerospacedu 9 лет назад +346

    'Science is far too important not to be part of popular culture." Thank you Brian.

    • @hanshose3219
      @hanshose3219 9 лет назад +2

      boah wie stumpf :D

    • @feth7747
      @feth7747 4 месяца назад

      Yes, but true science, not ALL those LIES

    • @davidgrantphelps1944
      @davidgrantphelps1944 2 месяца назад

      He’s pretty good about saying things like; “in theory”, “in my view”, etc. Do you know the absolute truth?

  • @apcreed
    @apcreed 8 лет назад +953

    He's the most polite person ever! He has a great attitude. Need more people like him, hope he motivated all those kids.

    • @onlythefaithfulone2002
      @onlythefaithfulone2002 8 лет назад +13

      +David Nash exactly, its totally acceptable to bully skeptics , I mean so scientific and polite, with a great attitude, such a great scientist not packaged and marketed to the masses at all.

    • @ALdapn
      @ALdapn 8 лет назад +5

      +David Nash absolutely !!!!!

    • @Euphoria2g
      @Euphoria2g 8 лет назад +4

      +charles lewis You need to look up the definition of bullying

    • @slintank
      @slintank 8 лет назад +8

      +john po he's a research scientist who has decided to dedicate much of his later career to the promotion and dissemination of science. I don't think he's a bully, he just doesn't have much patience with pseudo science... As Fenyman once said ''if it disagrees with experiment it is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science''. Though I'm an archaeologist by education so physics isn't my field!

    • @reddevil9554
      @reddevil9554 8 лет назад +7

      I wish I'd had a physics teacher like him at school, someone you knew was really into what they talked about and didn't just see it as a job.

  • @patrickchamelo8905
    @patrickchamelo8905 9 лет назад +807

    It's liberating to be able to access this kind of information on the internet, amazing stuff.

    • @Silly.Old.Sisyphus
      @Silly.Old.Sisyphus 8 лет назад +13

      +Breda Jake knowledge frees only the mind, religion is zombification

    • @ofwz
      @ofwz 5 лет назад

      Patrick Chamelo Subscribe to my channel. 🇬🇧

    • @ljgarrison6910
      @ljgarrison6910 5 лет назад

      I see what you did there, hah!

    • @danoliver3053
      @danoliver3053 4 года назад +8

      @Brother Jake's Konservative Evolution That is an ignorant and false statement. Knowlege and religion are not mutually exclusive. I'm not religious, but there are plenty of knowledgeable people throughout history, including scientists and scholars, who have expressed religious beliefs. I don't think the religious views of Newton inhibited his pursuit for knowledge, considering the significance of his work.

    • @WaveForceful
      @WaveForceful 4 года назад +1

      @Brother Jake's Konservative Evolution There is nothing wrong with faith, as long as it doesn't conflict with absolute facts and measurements.

  • @crippleized
    @crippleized 3 года назад +482

    Someone once described Brian Cox as the Bob Ross of science. I’ve never heard a better description of someone’s character

    • @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq
      @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq 2 года назад +7

      its a terrible description

    • @joedesmond22
      @joedesmond22 2 года назад +16

      @@Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq it’s really not he is soothing calm takes his time to explain what he is talking about and loves what he does

    • @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq
      @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq 2 года назад +8

      @@joedesmond22 dont argue with me joe desmond

    • @joedesmond22
      @joedesmond22 2 года назад +9

      @@Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq don’t really care just think you are wrong

    • @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq
      @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq 2 года назад +7

      @@joedesmond22 i am shocked and appalled at your behaviour to be frank

  • @prod.bbx666
    @prod.bbx666 5 лет назад +150

    This guy can make anyone’s mood go from shitty to happy😂

  • @louisbarroso
    @louisbarroso 3 года назад +296

    Brian’s wife: who is this chick texting you?
    Brian: babe that’s a really good question but the answer is i don’t know.

    • @ltstains1959
      @ltstains1959 3 года назад +10

      idk why that made me laugh at loud lmaoo

    • @itsme-mj9ic
      @itsme-mj9ic 3 года назад +23

      He’s probably more of a “darling” type than “babe”. Don’t think he’s ever said that word😂

    • @BrettCahill
      @BrettCahill 3 года назад +1

      laughed way too hard

    • @urielcohen5221
      @urielcohen5221 2 года назад +3

      I guess Im asking randomly but does any of you know a trick to get back into an instagram account..?
      I was stupid forgot the account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!

    • @GarethNIreland
      @GarethNIreland 2 года назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @HunchbackJack
    @HunchbackJack 7 лет назад +212

    What I love about Brian is how encouraging he is to the students. How he says that it might be they who discover the answers, that an Australian like them got the Nobel prize for discovering things.
    That's a wonderful way to put that spark of possibility into a young mind.

    • @ofwz
      @ofwz 5 лет назад

      HunchbackJack Subscribe to my channel. 🇬🇧

  • @truthteller1246
    @truthteller1246 3 года назад +35

    I could listen to this fella all day...his intelligence is incredible

  • @tarneyholcombe4138
    @tarneyholcombe4138 8 лет назад +453

    This man is an incredibly powerful educator. I started watching this video assuming he was going to be answering the questions of college students. Was surprised to finally figure out that this was a segment aimed at answering the questions offered from Australian primary school (that's grade school/middle school in the US). But this charmingly enthusiastic gentleman at no point dumbs himself down, he knows what to offer eager young minds; the sophisticated and unadulterated answers that these young inquisitive minds deserve. He is well aware of the important potential of the next generation.
    His incredible humour and enthusiasm are inspiring and encouraging.

    • @dancingsquid6957
      @dancingsquid6957 8 лет назад +3

      wtf you on? zombie.

    • @spinytextbook9405
      @spinytextbook9405 7 лет назад +21

      +Dancing Squid maybe you are the zombie, it seems like you're missing a brain.

    • @jackob9658
      @jackob9658 6 лет назад

      The man is a propagandist!

    • @bigmagic96
      @bigmagic96 6 лет назад +12

      Have to agree with you Tarney. He has made science not only acceptable but interesting where you didn't think it interesting, fun when you didn't think it could be fun and with his enthusiasm and turn of phrase not just something you have to do to get your grades but something you want to do because it's a challenge and enlightening. All power to him, he's inspirational.

    • @Nero-ox5tw
      @Nero-ox5tw 6 лет назад +3

      Couldn't say it any better.

  • @kens2328
    @kens2328 2 года назад +14

    I’ve never met him, but I think he’s my favorite person in the world.

  • @shmookins
    @shmookins 2 года назад +15

    The internet is probably the greatest invention in my lifetime. Here I am in the middle of nowhere listening to an expert answering children's question from another continent. And I can see it whenever I want.
    I learned so much from this video. thanks to everyone that made it happen.

    • @denniscook390
      @denniscook390 2 месяца назад

      It's the greatest invention of humanity, not just your lifetime. How else could you learn about particle physics through an amazing educator while sitting on a comfy chair in you house?

    • @alidabotes6264
      @alidabotes6264 13 дней назад

      I'm always elated but equally exhausted by Dr Cox. He befuddles my brain but I love how he explains things. Unfortunately there are so many facets, and they change constantly.

  • @rwasta7007
    @rwasta7007 9 лет назад +328

    brian cox, knows something important, that he cant tell us. why else would he be so happy all the time

    • @xv1distort
      @xv1distort 9 лет назад +26

      That's a silly thing to say.

    • @rwasta7007
      @rwasta7007 9 лет назад +10

      Northern Forest Records chilax

    • @xv1distort
      @xv1distort 9 лет назад

      rwasta7007 o.O

    • @xv1distort
      @xv1distort 9 лет назад +2

      BRASILDOSJUMENTOS I think you're completely correct.

    • @SpidermanInLondon
      @SpidermanInLondon 9 лет назад +36

      He's happy because he *DOESN'T* know!

  • @7Earthsky
    @7Earthsky 9 лет назад +244

    I'm glad to be learning science formally. Even in my early 40's.

    • @Auron710
      @Auron710 9 лет назад

      shane womeldorff i brought that up just a few days ago with a friend, cus of the guy who moves fast in the latest xmen movie, i thought "he surely cant see faster than the speed of light tho so can he see wth hes doing?" but i dismissed it as a nerdy thought at 3am lol, rather than science but i suppose everything is science.

    • @7Earthsky
      @7Earthsky 9 лет назад +4

      By the time i'm dead i'll be really smart. :)

    • @ryanclarke4078
      @ryanclarke4078 9 лет назад +1

      ***** that spark inside you that made you find it interesting NEVER lose that and i promise youll go onto do very well for yourself

    • @ryanclarke4078
      @ryanclarke4078 9 лет назад

      Auron710 well you were right! nothing can move faster light light its just not possible as light has no mass, the lighter in weight something is the faster it is just like a car, however if you were to be moving faster than light you wouldnt see anything it would just be black cause you would always be moving away from light

    • @nosay2930
      @nosay2930 8 лет назад +5

      +7Earthsky Brilliant!!! I've just completed my masters in Electromechanical Engineering, I'm 56. There is no age restriction to learning.

  • @SimonBell78
    @SimonBell78 4 месяца назад +2

    I think that I could listen to Prof. Brian Cox until he ran out of information to pass on. A legend of our time on earth.

  • @amooboardgamechi
    @amooboardgamechi 8 месяцев назад +20

    Can't thank you enough Prof Cox, you have opened so many doors in my mind to just go acquiring knowledge.

  • @butcherdawgg3708
    @butcherdawgg3708 5 лет назад +47

    What a guy. I love how he actively tries to recruit new scientists😂. Can tell he loves what he does.

  • @speedypanda454
    @speedypanda454 4 года назад +26

    The Joy in his Face explaining all the questions is just great

  • @forcemajeure72
    @forcemajeure72 8 лет назад +406

    Click on the time to go to the question
    0:30 How are Black holes formed?
    1:58 When something enters a black hole, what happens next?
    3:10 How will the universe end?
    4:18 The big bang created the universe but how can so much come from nothing?
    6:40 What happens when you reach the end of the universe, is there anything beyond it?
    7:55 Do you think we live in one universe of many? How many could there be?
    10:03 What would happen if multiple universe collided?
    12:30 What is Dark matter?
    14:15 Will we ever be able to travel faster than the speed of light?
    16:40 Is time travel possible and will it happen in our lifetime?
    19:41 Is it possible to instantly travel through space?
    21:10 Is there life on other planets? Aliens even?
    24:23 What inspired you to get into physics and science more generally?
    25:54 How is the human brain linked to the Cosmos?
    29:00 Is maths the language of the Universe?
    30:16 What is your favourite planet and why?
    31:25 Could there be space elevators built in the next decade?
    33:40 If there was a spacecraft going into deep space would you travel on it?
    35:40 Would life on earth be any different if we had 2 moons?
    38:11 What's the next great experiment in Physics?
    40:12 How much do you think Science Fiction influences Science?

    • @Fizgigfightsback
      @Fizgigfightsback 6 лет назад +6

      Force Majeure thankyou :)

    • @kentoxymoron6857
      @kentoxymoron6857 6 лет назад +1

      Cox is a textbook scientist, he is good at remembering answers to exam questions but cannot think for himself.

    • @Doormanswift
      @Doormanswift 6 лет назад +17

      kentoxymoron Well, he is a professor...not a scientist. Know the difference.

    • @catnadas
      @catnadas 5 лет назад +4

      so... what are you exactly?

    • @isaacmorales1419
      @isaacmorales1419 5 лет назад +1

      Lol

  • @PatrickFoxGaming
    @PatrickFoxGaming 8 лет назад +180

    Brian Cox is awesome. He explains the most complicated part of Science in the most approachable way.
    I have to admit. All this talk of the universe, what's in it, how we came to be, how the universe was born makes my tiny little brain ache. But boy it is so very fascinating.

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 7 лет назад +1

      Yeah, it's a good ache - very satisfying.

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 7 лет назад

      +Pondering Life , so?

    • @Faeriedarke
      @Faeriedarke 7 лет назад +1

      Funny that, he's dead, and Professor Cox now is one of the lead researchers at Cern!

    • @PatrickFoxGaming
      @PatrickFoxGaming 7 лет назад

      So. If I told you that a film was terrible, does that make it true? No. Everything in life is subjective. Everything.

    • @Faeriedarke
      @Faeriedarke 7 лет назад +1

      Science isn't subjective, and neither is maths.

  • @conors4430
    @conors4430 2 года назад +9

    There’s nothing more than I like to hear than, we don’t know, we’ve reached the limits of our current knowledge. Love the intellectual honesty

  • @EugenMarianPopescu
    @EugenMarianPopescu 2 года назад +8

    Listening to Brian Cox lecture is one of the best things it can happen to you.

    • @Northernguy_alaska
      @Northernguy_alaska 2 года назад

      I’m fuckin stupid so this was just a wast of time the information was going in one way and going out the other

    • @davidius74
      @davidius74 3 месяца назад +1

      Yeah I agree. I was fortunate enough to see him in Adelaide in 2022 as part of his Horizons - a 21st century odyssey tour and it was amazing. Look forward to him coming back again.

  • @matts.9318
    @matts.9318 5 месяцев назад +3

    One of the best things he teaches is intellectual humility. Where science isn't yet sure (or as sure as can be) about something, he's always careful to say "We don't know". People who have an anti-science agenda like to say "Scientists think they have all the answers", but Cox and his colleagues are proof positive that that is not the case.

  • @paulcheesman9178
    @paulcheesman9178 Год назад +4

    Every student deserves a teacher like Brian Cox, a true educator with real passion to pass on knowledge

  • @jornwiekens7952
    @jornwiekens7952 Год назад +8

    I wish I had a physics teacher with his ability of explaining complex theories in such an understandable way.

    • @igivehonestcommentsonly
      @igivehonestcommentsonly 6 месяцев назад

      He will probably be evil if he was your teacher. Looking at your results. He would turn evil in a months time

  • @Michele59
    @Michele59 2 года назад +10

    I love that this man can explain things in a way that I can understand.

  • @spridle
    @spridle 3 года назад +6

    Brian is the definition of a gentleman. Literally. I want to hear him raise his voice in anger.

  • @calinvasilca893
    @calinvasilca893 4 года назад +15

    Imagine if every school in the world had a physics teacher as kind, dedicated, talented and humorous as prof. Brian Cox is!

    • @adventurerwannabe
      @adventurerwannabe 3 года назад +2

      or a teacher of every subject as good as he is...world would be a much better place

  • @chrisst8922
    @chrisst8922 3 года назад +3

    Presumably Brian is at home doing his best to home school his kids.
    I bet they're less than pleased. double physics with Mr, Cox!!

  • @johnmcdonald1237
    @johnmcdonald1237 5 лет назад +27

    I'm listening to this while doing my dishes, looking out at the stars.. Life can be great!

  • @markfoz7248
    @markfoz7248 2 года назад +3

    “Can you answer directly to that camera while I stare at the side of your head”
    Love Brian and great video thank you.

  • @SpidermanInLondon
    @SpidermanInLondon 9 лет назад +61

    I'm an adult: I enjoyed this.

    • @ofwz
      @ofwz 5 лет назад +1

      Everything Changes Subscribe to my channel. 🇬🇧

  • @Flypidge
    @Flypidge 3 года назад +16

    Imagine if this was as popular as geordie shore or love island, we would be space fairing civilisation by now.

  • @liliankuhne7456
    @liliankuhne7456 7 лет назад +73

    I love this man!!!! After having lost Carl Sagan, it is wonderful to know that someone took over!!! :)

    • @shughy1
      @shughy1 4 года назад +5

      They're both made of space dust 😀

    • @r0N1n_SD
      @r0N1n_SD 4 года назад +9

      Fun fact: his inspiration was Carl Sagan

  • @DarkAutumn3D
    @DarkAutumn3D 3 года назад +2

    To think that some people find this sort of stuff to be boring... It's fascinated me since I was young.

  • @sorcerykid
    @sorcerykid 5 лет назад +12

    I was astounded by the depth of some of these questions, even from grade school students. I had a similar interest in this subject-matter when I was 8 or 9 years old. But 30 years ago, kids weren't nearly encouraged to learn beyond their grade level. I'm happy for educators like Brian that recognize how gifted children can be, and are willing to tap into their full potential!

    • @robertingham6777
      @robertingham6777 4 года назад

      The best comment I have seen on this subject

  • @whocares181
    @whocares181 5 лет назад +14

    I love how Cox can describe the most complicated things in the simplest and easiest to understand terms. A great teacher.

  • @xRxSxFx2xPxGx
    @xRxSxFx2xPxGx 8 лет назад +77

    i want him to read me a bedtime story..... i love people with voices like his haha

    • @ofwz
      @ofwz 5 лет назад

      POFF Daddy Subscribe to my channel. 🇬🇧

    • @mgammeren
      @mgammeren 5 лет назад

      Yes, he still should do a CBBC bedtime story. I know 3 years since you posted this.

    • @evolutionaryadvantage
      @evolutionaryadvantage 5 лет назад +1

      mgammeren
      Once upon a time there was this universe in a hot dense state, in a fraction of a second all the elements were made, the earth cooled, dinosaurs met their fate, the bipeds stood up straight, man made up a god, and that was a great mistake, we are all made of stardust, stars die so we can live, when I die, look into the sky, I will shine down on you as a star, always looking at where you are.
      The End.

    • @jeztickles4361
      @jeztickles4361 4 года назад

      Aldo Raine like David Attenborough

    • @aminetanouyat9643
      @aminetanouyat9643 4 года назад

      Gorlami

  • @rdvbailey5990
    @rdvbailey5990 9 месяцев назад +2

    I could watch him endlessly

  • @0cireeric0
    @0cireeric0 5 лет назад +6

    These student questions are BRILLIANT! Professor Cox in turn answered them all in a relaxed but BRILLIANT manner!

  • @vinrave
    @vinrave 4 года назад +4

    I love how he explained everything beautifully that no humans actually knows the answer. “We don’t know” because there’s no one clever enough to understand the infinite number of universe. It is far beyond our numbers and theories. So we don’t know. 😊

  • @Ben_D.
    @Ben_D. 2 года назад +7

    What I find amazing about him, is that he ALWAYS answers peoples questions. If you start binging his vids here on YT, you will hear him asked 20 times in 30 vids, by people that can bare pronounce the words, 'Is there alien life out there?' and he always takes the time to explain, again and again and again and again, the best answer available. So patient, and such an honestly brutal waste of time in my personal opinion. But he knows that it is important to the person asking, so he takes the time.

  • @peterstar2023
    @peterstar2023 2 месяца назад

    I love this guy. Extremely smart. I've attended one of his lectures and I went home completely satisfied. No boring parts at all. That's a big thing. He's got everything. I'm blown away.

  • @fotticelli
    @fotticelli 2 года назад +2

    We need more scientists like Doctor and Professor Brian Cox who take time from their work to try to inspire young people to follow in their steps. And to inspire more teachers to teach science. The fact that he is also a musician can help to appeal to young people who imagine that all academics are .... you know what.

  • @baronvonhoughton
    @baronvonhoughton 4 года назад +12

    He's amazing with an encyclopedic knowledge which he's able to impart beautifully to us laymen. And She...can read a question.

  • @collincourtois8587
    @collincourtois8587 4 года назад +3

    It's refreshing and encouraging to witness the existence of these brilliant youngsters. There may be hope for mankind yet...

  • @ErtosAcc
    @ErtosAcc 2 года назад +2

    I like how this guy talks. Staying humble and basically saying 'idk lol you go and find out'. It sounds rude but it's promoting curiosity and goes against blind belief. I don't know him as a person, for all we know he might be a serial killer or something, but at least his way of teaching/explaining is respectful.

  • @Willam_J
    @Willam_J 6 лет назад +1

    Brian Cox is one of the best, if not THE best, science communicators around. He explained in another video that he fell into his status as a science communicator by chance. I’m certainly glad he did. He has an amazing personality and projects a sense of happiness and inspiration whenever he speaks. I would enjoy the chance to meet him someday.

  • @JeghedderThomas
    @JeghedderThomas 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you Brian Cox and Australia's Science Channel - I've always had a vague curiosity about the universe we find ourselves in, but now it has a bit more focus, there are now terms I can look up, and theories I can read about. I'm too old to twist my brain to proper scientific thinking, butI can certainly implement the discoveries of a 100+ years of it. The future is looking a lot better than I had previously thought. Much love.

  • @clarissafarmer3547
    @clarissafarmer3547 3 года назад +7

    Brian is a fuckin legend, it makes me want to finish my science degree

  • @creepyteachers01
    @creepyteachers01 4 года назад +2

    I just love how encouraging he is for these kids to embark on science and to educate themselves on space! You can just see that he's like "pleassseee do it! Give a shit! This matters SO much!" Just incredible. I love this.

  • @johndifrancisco3642
    @johndifrancisco3642 6 лет назад +2

    Brian says he's getting to old for this. I am 58 and he has me thinking about getting into this! For some reason I can pay total attention to everything he says. Others can say the same things he does and I would get bored.

  • @huzurgelecek
    @huzurgelecek 9 лет назад +3

    What this man says is we know nothing about the Universe. His answers are the best guesses currently available. In terms of Universe one thing we must comprehend is this” there could be no beginning and there could be no end”. This is more certain than Einstein’s theory of speed of light. Science should look for something that might go faster than speed of light but it is damn stupid to look for or think about even philosophically beginning or end of the Universe.

  • @donaldedward4951
    @donaldedward4951 4 года назад +4

    Great. First time I was fortunate to hear and see this man was in a few BBC videos on PBS. He is a fascinating teacher. He has an Audio book with Andrew Cohen on RUclips called Human Universe` which is also fascinating. I like it that he hasn't lost his Lancashire Accent.

  • @sinistral9629
    @sinistral9629 3 года назад +2

    I love that Brian Cox is so passionate about inspiring young people to pursue a career in science.

  • @HarryNicNicholas
    @HarryNicNicholas 3 года назад +1

    to answer ANY question in physics always start with "i have no idea, and no one else does either" then "but, this is what we guess and what physics we know supports as an idea"

  • @pinkiedestroyerjr1031
    @pinkiedestroyerjr1031 9 лет назад +58

    come to think of it. we live in the golden age of science

    • @pinkiedestroyerjr1031
      @pinkiedestroyerjr1031 9 лет назад

      if the universe i acselirating. wont we reach the speed of light and everything will play back in reverce or everything will go black

    • @AdamMcVeigh11
      @AdamMcVeigh11 9 лет назад

      Noah Kjellsson possibly but using maths simply we can understand that it can accelerate to an infinite point
      E.g. you can have 1.998, 2 being the speed of light for example, but 1.999 is faster, then 1.9991 is faster than 1.999 so therefore it can continue to expand and accelerate but never reach the speed of light

    • @mstandenberg1421
      @mstandenberg1421 9 лет назад

      plus space-time expansion

    • @xv1distort
      @xv1distort 9 лет назад

      Adam McVeigh I wonder what, if any, effect the eventual heat death would have on expansion.

    • @larrylambo3279
      @larrylambo3279 9 лет назад

      Do you believe captured alien technology has pushed forward are science.

  • @poptartpride
    @poptartpride 5 лет назад +17

    Higgs here representing! Anybody want to interact with me? Or are y'all massless?

    • @Syzygy-21cm
      @Syzygy-21cm 4 года назад +3

      Hi Mr Higgs - I'm Church England - so - sorry I don't have mass!

    • @AthelstanEngland
      @AthelstanEngland 3 года назад +1

      @@Syzygy-21cm lol that is a brilliant comment!! :)

  • @the215sean
    @the215sean 8 месяцев назад

    There's no better ambassador for science than Brian Cox. You can see his child like energy when answering these questions, he genuinely LOVES what he does and is speaking about. Plus he's always giving others credit when speaking about their work. You have to really love science when you decide you'd rather do that than be a rockstar 😂.

  • @wgbecker69
    @wgbecker69 Месяц назад +1

    In the past he has stated that his hero was Carl Sagan. You can see so much of Carl in Brian. His enthusiasm, knowledge and his skills to explain would make Carl very proud.

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 Месяц назад

      He is enthusiastic, all right, but many of his explanations are lacking. The speed of light question, for instance, has two good answers: the first one is experimental. We have never observed any speed that is greater than the speed of light. Until such an observation happens we have to refrain from assuming that it's possible and all our theories have to contain an absolute speed limit. The second one is theoretical: if the universe is metric (and we have never seen it not to be) and if all physics is relative, then there are only two possible solutions to how coordinate systems relate to each other. One of them is Galilean, the other one Lorentzian. The Galilean framework does not support matter, while the Lorentzian one predicts the very matter that we observe. So, if we want to have a non-empty universe, then we have to accept an upper speed limit.

  • @indigoblue77
    @indigoblue77 4 года назад +3

    Such a polite soul. I adore him.

  • @stephanieaustin274
    @stephanieaustin274 9 лет назад +21

    He is highly intelligent and gorgeous. Xxx professor Brian Cox xxx

    • @ofwz
      @ofwz 5 лет назад

      Stephanie Austin Subscribe to my channel. 🇬🇧

    • @turbofreddy
      @turbofreddy 4 года назад

      Sure but the Botox and lift job is a bit disturbing!

    • @codettesorg5596
      @codettesorg5596 3 года назад

      I love him huge crush

  • @ultraphobic69
    @ultraphobic69 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love Brian. His joy in all things science is intoxicating

  • @janj09
    @janj09 5 лет назад +2

    Listening to Brian Cox makes my heart happy. Not sure if that's weird or something but the way he talks about space and physics makes me feel like a kid again. He's so great man.

    • @gracea2814
      @gracea2814 5 лет назад

      SNAKE0789 same! The way that he explains it is simple so everyone can understand it- he reminds me of a children’s tv presenter. He’s great.

    • @neilhobson3624
      @neilhobson3624 Год назад

      Not weird at all Jan. He’s got a mesmerising voice that just makes you want to listen to him. I love listening to him 👍👍.

  • @huddsman69
    @huddsman69 7 лет назад +8

    You gotta admire this guy!!!

  • @ebtesamkhoja1933
    @ebtesamkhoja1933 9 лет назад +3

    He's genius, loved him loved him soooo much 🙇😻

  • @lukehicks7923
    @lukehicks7923 9 месяцев назад +1

    This guys enthusiasm just makes me want to listen

  • @veekay6856
    @veekay6856 10 месяцев назад

    Professor Cox is such a knowledgeable, humble and soft spoken person .

  • @Curious_Animations.
    @Curious_Animations. 9 лет назад +23

    I can't help but notice EVERYTIME that lady asks Brian a question she makes a face as if to suggest "I would like to see you answer this one you bugger"

    • @united1990
      @united1990 6 лет назад

      just me what lies would they be?

    • @ofwz
      @ofwz 5 лет назад

      Michael Hearson Subscribe to my channel. 🇬🇧

    • @skyblue9991
      @skyblue9991 5 лет назад

      LMFAO

    • @codettesorg5596
      @codettesorg5596 3 года назад

      Or she giving the eye like.. I like you haha

    • @jennadune8701
      @jennadune8701 2 года назад

      @𝚄.𝚂. 𝙶𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝟿/𝟷𝟷 wtf😂. Whether this is a joke or not you have just made my day because you have a more laughable theory than most.

  • @capuletrose4819
    @capuletrose4819 6 лет назад +6

    For people who ask why he’s so happy all the time
    It’s because he has a better understanding of his place and the place of humans in the universe
    Better then we will ever understand
    I wish I was him lol

  • @marcryan2843
    @marcryan2843 3 года назад +1

    Interveiws like this one will the start of somones interest in sciences..love brian cox, very smart, says it how it is. He makes it exciting

  • @darkeneydarkeney8092
    @darkeneydarkeney8092 Год назад

    This guy is so amazing. He fascinates me every time I listen to him. He explains this in a way that non-scientists like myself can understand.

  • @JakubKotyza
    @JakubKotyza 9 лет назад +10

    Close encounters T-shirt :) nice

    • @peterjhartvideo
      @peterjhartvideo 8 лет назад

      +Jakub Kotyza I was wondering if that is what it was. Pretty sweet

  • @superstandard
    @superstandard 9 лет назад +8

    "You have to be a speical sort of person" HAHAHAHA Im dying!!

  • @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058
    @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 2 года назад +1

    I always liked Bryan Cox he has the right attitude of a scientist he is humble, intelligent, inquisitive and encouraging

    • @justthink5854
      @justthink5854 2 года назад

      he's a paid off fraud.

    • @Evolcun
      @Evolcun 2 года назад

      @@justthink5854 Proof? and how?

  • @zeproo
    @zeproo 9 лет назад +1

    All Professors and doctors should irradiate positivism like Brian.

  • @Kevo216666
    @Kevo216666 9 лет назад +39

    If these two become any more enthusiastic the planet will explode.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 8 лет назад +2

      +K Russell < ROFL... coffee spilled... needed that badly ;)

    • @Kevo216666
      @Kevo216666 8 лет назад +3

      ***** Where would you add the word 'sex' in my sentence to make that work?

    • @banjomoevies
      @banjomoevies 8 лет назад

      +K Russell anywhere

    • @ofwz
      @ofwz 5 лет назад

      K Russell Subscribe to my channel. 🇬🇧

    • @Morpheah
      @Morpheah 4 года назад

      If these two become any more enthusiastic the planet will explode sex.

  • @razvanyke
    @razvanyke 7 лет назад +8

    Thank you very much for this awesome video !

  • @Johnny_Shears
    @Johnny_Shears 2 года назад

    Just think about this. 10 years ago we would have to pay to see a professor this brilliant answering this questions. God bless the minds of those who get us closer to know things, the internet let us do this and I’m grateful to be alive in the time I am.

  • @cr10001
    @cr10001 3 года назад +2

    Listening to his first four answers - even trying to contemplate that there could be an infinity of universes - actually kind of scares me. Like a feeling of vertigo. I don't dare try to really imagine it.

  • @CM-lb9eh
    @CM-lb9eh 5 лет назад +4

    Professor Brian Cox...man of my dreams 😍

  • @wymanspace4173
    @wymanspace4173 3 года назад +4

    The kids that asked these sort of questions are incredible ... gives me hope that the world might still be alright.

    • @laqueenawilliams4762
      @laqueenawilliams4762 2 года назад +1

      Could be all stage and he’s only answering his own made up questions.

    • @wymanspace4173
      @wymanspace4173 2 года назад

      @@laqueenawilliams4762
      Ha ha … let’s be more optimistic.

  • @Dawn_Aramoana63
    @Dawn_Aramoana63 11 месяцев назад

    The timeless Professor Brian Cox. Long may he enlighten us with his scientific wisdom.

  • @richardsweets
    @richardsweets Год назад

    Brian is an awesome teacher
    He make learning fun and exciting
    I wager his name will be remembered in generations to come !

  • @concernedcitizen8066
    @concernedcitizen8066 8 лет назад +14

    Although it's funny that he says "We don't know" a lot, without science we would have never known what questions to even ask.

  • @pjmbidge632000
    @pjmbidge632000 7 лет назад +41

    6.40 to 6.45, the look on the presenter face is totally blank, she has absolutely no idea what Professor Cox is on about, and all she say's is ''great'' it's funny as fuck!!

    • @platinumx_7154
      @platinumx_7154 7 лет назад +4

      made me laugh so hard lmao 😂😂😂

    • @edwardjones9588
      @edwardjones9588 7 лет назад

      "Great..." hahahahaha

    • @thomaslux8671
      @thomaslux8671 7 лет назад

      Paul Marshall I laughed so hard haha

    • @nineeleven9455
      @nineeleven9455 7 лет назад

      All of our faces should be blank because it’s obvious everything he is saying is total nonsense. It’s all elaborate stories with self-contradictions up the yen-yang. They can’t even tell us how they figured out all this nonsense. Really? You saw a ‘black hole’ created by a dying sun? LOL Give me a f--king break.

    • @chrisspecht7830
      @chrisspecht7830 7 лет назад +5

      Nine Eleven - you're a farking idiot

  • @robinghosh8891
    @robinghosh8891 2 года назад

    Great insights into Science ..the Beauty, Grandeur and Wonder of Learning, understanding our Universe from the Great Professor Mr Brian ..Thank you Sir

  • @HazemAls
    @HazemAls 2 года назад +1

    I love his energy and passion

  • @lauriemartin2237
    @lauriemartin2237 4 года назад +5

    When science perfects cloning lets clone us many Brian Coxes, what a wonderful privilege it would be to be in his class room, he makes you want to learn everything about the universe, and how quantum physics works, what a fabulous scientific mind!

  • @scorpionz44
    @scorpionz44 7 лет назад +9

    so to travel at the speed of light, we need to develop a shrinking machine to shrink us to the point of almost no mass, travel, and then return back to size.... did i...did i get my nobel prize? i think im on to something

    • @tp770
      @tp770 6 лет назад

      Daniel Chachanashvili sounds like ball earth nonsense to me.

    • @martyrdanielson
      @martyrdanielson 5 лет назад

      So ... a clothes dryer?

  • @brandonijames2784
    @brandonijames2784 Год назад

    That "don't be nervous " at the end was so gentle. lovely Russel

  • @lauravitt4315
    @lauravitt4315 2 года назад +1

    AMAZING! Saw you on Seth Rogen, my yearning to know more is incredible! Study cosmology at 70? I know you would smile and say please. You are the Mr Rogers of physics for people like me! Thank you for being you

  • @rockenrollbass
    @rockenrollbass 9 лет назад +7

    AWESOME presentation! Thank you for posting.

  • @Keith_Ward
    @Keith_Ward 9 лет назад +4

    Wonder if his shirt has anything to do with Close Encounters?

  • @ennmatien9941
    @ennmatien9941 6 лет назад

    *big bank* cant get ahold myself when he said the word, this man is simply beautiful, i like how he smiles, fascinated by science itself.

  • @heatherpreiss7369
    @heatherpreiss7369 Год назад

    thanks, Professor Cox...love to listen and learn💖

  • @mattbell4498
    @mattbell4498 7 лет назад +21

    "We don't know"
    - Northern science man

  • @Christof742
    @Christof742 8 лет назад +16

    Beautiful language. Beautiful use of words to respond to such abstract concepts. A wonderful, honest, candid and personable response to some very purposeful questions.
    Thank you for helping to provide some enormous inspiration to the next generation of younger minds who are interested in wishing to unravel the mysteries of our existence.
    This is the best ELI5 outside of Reddit.
    (P.S.: Dont visit RUclips for the comments...)

  • @drewjohn6847
    @drewjohn6847 2 года назад +1

    Just an incredible, amazing mind, our future really does depend on him and his fellow work mates....

  • @timelord7boris728
    @timelord7boris728 2 года назад +1

    I think Brian would have made a fantastic teacher at school as he makes science sound very interesting.