Physicist Brian Cox talks about his new TV show “Wonders of the Universe” and the future of physics as the search for the Higgs Boson heats up at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
In Wonders of the Universe, Professor Brian Cox’s latest book and the basis for his new Science series, Cox uses evidence found in the natural world to explain its underlying simplicity. His work shows us how the vast and unfathomable phenomena of deep space can be explained, and even experienced. Traveling to the deserts of Namibia, Professor Cox demonstrates how the universe will always become more disordered and, ultimately, there will be no stars, planets or galaxies left in the cosmos. He journeys to a deserted prison in Rio to explain how the chemical elements were made in the hearts of stars. He shows us how the water of the Victoria Falls in Zambia behaves like light does around a black hole. The physical laws that describe the behavior of light, gravity, time, matter and energy here on Earth are the same as those in the farthest reaches of the Universe.
Using his expert knowledge and his infectious enthusiasm, Professor Cox shows us that if we can understand the impact of these governing laws on Earth it will bring us a step closer to an understanding of our Universe.
You can downalod the full aduio from Cox’s July 26, 2011 Science & the City event here.
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