The Amazing Brian Cox 

(Physicist, Band Member, Professor, Entertainer, Father)

Neysha Lopez Vazquez 

Physics have played a large role in humankind. This fascinating discipline has answered so many questions in the past hundred years. It has harbor vast amount usefulness to society and with every new fragment of knowledge that I gather in this course; I grow even more excited about the endless possibilities of this field. 

To further express my interest in physics I am compelled to disclose a story of a famous young physicist by the name of Brian Cox. This physicist was born on March 3, 1968 in Chaderton, England. I was looking for a different kind of physicist and happen to found possibly the coolest physicist yet. In 1993, he joined the UK pop band D: Ream, as keyboard player, which had several hits, including the number one "Things Can Only Get Better". Later in 1997 the band separated at  which at that  point Brian Cox (who had been studying physics all along and earned his PhD) went on to practicing physics full time (how amazing is that).  He received his doctorate in physics from the University of Manchester and completing his thesis “Double diffraction dissociation at large momentum transfer” in 1998. He was supervised by Robin Marshall and worked for the H1 experiment at the HERA particle accelerator at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg, Germany. Currently he is a professor at the University of Manchester as well as researcher on one of the most ambitious experiment on earth, the ATLAS experiment(the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, and considered "one of the great engineering milestones of mankind”)on the large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

Meanwhile, Cox is better known now as the presenter of various science programs for BBC, increasing the popularity of topic such as physics and astronomy. He has written and co-authored books on physics including “Why does E=mc2?”, “Wonders of the Universe” and “Wonder of the Solar System”. This year he presents a series call “Wonder of life” will be release on BBC. 

Professor Brian Cox also has received many awards for his efforts to publicize science. In 2002 he was chosen as an International Fellow of The Explorers Club and later in 2006 he received the British Association's Lord Kelvin Award for his work. Also that year he was granted a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and in 2010 he won the Institute of Physics Kelvin Prize for his work in communicating the appeal and thrill of physics to the general public. He was also chosen as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) due to his services to science. On October 2012 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the Open University for his 'Exceptional contribution to Education and Culture' and also that same year he was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize of the Royal Society.

Furthermore, Brian Cox is an inspiring physicist that at such young age he has accomplished so many things. The most incredible things of all is that apart from being a physicist, entertainer, and ex-band member of a very successful band in the UK; he is father of two children and has a wife. Finally it is fulfilled that he demonstrates his love for physics in many different ways.