a beardy guy, a blackboard and some chalk.
...you see I used to love that! And I was about 8 years old at the time, used to find it fascinating 
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PSA - BBC2 - Wonders of the Solar System - 2100 tonight.
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Tell you waht, if you find this programme poor, I'd LOVE to know what you DO like!
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If you want "proper science" there are loads of websites, journals, university courses, textbooks, etc for you.
This is the sort of programme that's going to get a kid hooked on science (my 6 year old loves the kiddie version on CBBC, Space Hoppers) such that they might study it 'properly' later in life. As such, it should be applauded.
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All you miserable gits who don't like him because of the way he looks at the camera or smiles FFS need to get a grip, he is a very knowledable bloke who is down to earth and not full of his own importance like lots of the toffee nosed tossers on TV. He is my sons hero and glad he has someone like Prof Cox as a role model instead of some arsehole footballer or pop prat.
Luckily my son prefers learning about wildlife & science and nature as well as a diverse taste in music and will encourage him as much as I can even if I have to get up at 3 in the morning to go and see black grouse etc. Shame I can't get him to ride a bike though.
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I think it's great to be able to watch someone who is clearly fascinated by a subject and loves their job.
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Great TV. It's shows like this that the Beeb does best.
I find his enthusiasm completely infectious; he makes the subject very absorbing.
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If you want "proper science" there are loads of websites, journals, university courses, textbooks, etc for you.
This is the sort of programme that's going to get a kid hooked on science (my 6 year old loves the kiddie version on CBBC, Space Hoppers) such that they might study it 'properly' later in life. As such, it should be applauded.
Totally agree. I know for sure if I was a kid, I'd be mad for this, then making cosmic landscapes n stuff out of my lego, or drawing stuff, and straight on to my parents nagging for books. Fabulous, inspiring programme.
I didn't like it to start off with, cos I thought it was a bit condescending, with all the "wondrous" orchestrated music, and all the wow, cor, amazing, look, it's a planet stuff.
Maybe it is the hair.
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and all the wow, cor, amazing, look, it's a planet stuff.
Well, it is aplanet , and it is amazing. I've seen the rings on Saturn and the spot on Jupiter through my telescope. And it IS fantastic to see. And they present it very, very well. I'm glued to it.
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Another 'thumbs up' here too, my 8yr old watches it avidly, repeats and again on i-player. I thank Brian Cox.
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did he really need to go to hawaii to demonstrate how high olympus mons is? free jollys on my licence fee bill i think
i do like the programme though, watered and dumbed down science with pretty pictures for the PS3 generation
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I was slightly disappointed it wasn't the pocky faced scottish actor brian cox. My mate went to school with the sciency one, in Oldham of all places. Says he has grown into his teeth nicely
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One of the best programmes in a long time and another reason to pay the license fee. It's truly ignited an interest which has been lying dormant inside me. I can't get enough of it at the moment. Pricing up telescopes now and interested in launching a weather balloon into near space with some home made controller electronics on board (yes like that guy in the news last week and the Spanish students last year).
However, I have found myself having to watch the shows 2 or 3 times. Not because of how excellent the content is, but because I keep falling asleep during them! Something about the music and his voice just sends me off, no matter how fascinated I am in the content. Is it just me?
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Something about the music and his voice just sends me off, no matter how fascinated I am in the content. Is it just me?
It's not just you.
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I think he is wonderful.. He demystifies complicated concepts and helps people to grasp thorny problems (like time slowing down) because we think "well if a bloke with his accent can understand it..."
In his programme on gravity a couple of years ago he played (the otherwise unlistenable) John Mayer's "Gravity" which has the most sublime bluesy-note-bending guitar intro I know.
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A waste of the licence payers money
As Rocketdog pointed out this northener is just getting free jollys to Hawaii, South America, Artic circle and the Namib desert just to show us some sand dunes. He could have gone to Southport for that.
Its about time the Licence fee TAX was scrapped!Oh sorry wrong forum.
The best thing on television at the moment. Brian Cox is excellent, explaing complicated concepts simply and showing enthusiasm for his subject while being slightly nerdy.
I now know how people worked out that the Earth wasnt the centre of the universe and what gravitational resonance is. Very useful knowledgePosted 2 years ago # -
If you want proper cutting edge physics broadcasting, check
http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
Live webcast from the Hadron collider - they're gonna cross the beams today... we're all doomed!
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http://lhc-webcast.web.cern.ch/lhc-webcast/index.html
i've just wet myself
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He's on Twitter, talking about CERN today. He just posted this:
If any one else says "block hole" today I'm going to come round and chin em
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The programme has re-awakened the enthusiasm for physics that I had as a 17 year old A-Level student, rather than the jaded 30-something I an now.
It would be great for interested children.
Although I am aware of much of the content, I've learned a few things and it is very well produced.
Get rid of BBC 3 & BBC 4 and put more good programmes like this on BBC2.
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he also likes wearing normal clothes and hiding at the back, he certainly doesn't look too comfortable fitting in with his band mates
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Time to wheel out my favourite science quote ever. Brian Cox, quoted in the Telegraph:
"Anyone who thinks the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world is a tw4t."
(Not aimed at you thepurist :o) )
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we're all doomed!
Are we doomed?
Yes, we're doomed.
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is it me or does the LHC TV presenter sound HOT (i can't see the pictures)
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...it just struck me this afternoon that Prof. Brian Cox is pretty much to Physics (and Science) what Charge bikes are to cycling (and MTBing).
I think that pretty much explains why I (and others, it would appear) find him a little annoying.
The series has had its good moments, don't get me wrong, but there's just far too much style over substance and mindless repetition of naive statements, for it to be entirely watchable.
When I was a kid, it was programmes like Horizon, Equinox, Tomorrow's World and those weird and wonderful OU programmes at 6am on a Sunday morning that got me excited about science. I'm pretty sure Prof. Cox's programme, as it is, would've just bored me to tears. Each to their own I suppose, but I just think the BBC could do so much better. Instead of catering for the now expected 30 second attention span of its media-saturated viewers, it could actually present programmes which gave its viewers a little more substance and less presenter-as-a-personality based travelogue fluff.
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That series called Universe years ago was better imo..
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I can still remember the way Carl Sagan used to mangle his words like Loyd Grossman
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All hail the Snotites!
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