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PROFESSOR BRIAN COX CBE FRS is Professor of Particle Physics at the
University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public
Engagement in Science. He has worked on the Large Hadron Collider
at CERN, Geneva, the HERA accelerator at DESY, Hamburg and the
Tevatron accelerator at Fermilab, Chicago. Cox has written and
presented numerous TV series for the BBC, including Wonders of the
Solar System, Wonders of the Universe, Wonders of Life, Human
Universe, Forces of Nature, The Planets and The Universe. He is
also the co-presenter of The Infinite Monkey Cage radio series and
podcast. Cox has written numerous bestselling science titles with
Jeff Forshaw. For many years, he has lectured the introductory
Relativity and Quantum Mechanics course at the University of
Manchester, with Jeff Forshaw.
Andrew Cohen is Head of the BBC Science Unit and the Executive
Producer of the BBC series Planets. He has been responsible for a
wide range of science documentaries, including the Wonders trilogy,
Human Universe, Forces of Nature and Stargazing Live. He lives in
London with his wife and three children.
Praise for The Planets: ‘So staggering you go whoa!’ every few seconds … Cox is the Attenborough of the Solar System’ Guardian ‘Spectacular. [Cox’s] ability to convey maximum information in a clear and minimalist style is so softly winning and persuasive’ The Sunday Times ‘Professor Brian Cox continues to boggle our minds’ Daily Mail ‘It was life affirming, it was perspective shifting. It was beautifully made’ Fearne Cotton, The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Radio 2 ‘Amazing work’ Emma Barnett, Adrian Chiles, Radio 5 Live ‘Starry-eyed Brian Cox is the only man for this job’ The Times ‘Wow’ Evening Standard ‘The professor makes us marvel at life on Earth’ iNews ‘Excellent … a blend of enjoyable, accessible science and dreamlike wonder’ The Times ‘Brian Cox breathes life into science again … breath-taking’ Guardian ‘Fascinating … Good science’ Observer ‘Extraordinary – at its best magically fascinating and full of vast, weird drama’ Radio Times
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