He's sorta the new Carl Sagen. And I think he's genuine, even though I hate him for being so beautiful. His Hadron talks on TED were great. His book is on my wishlist and I'm downloading the BBC video now.
-- Owen On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > Peggy - > > > > To the group: So, knowing you all must be familiar with his book, but I > am > > not -- any opinion about Brian Cox's (physicist) thoughts/perspective? I > > haven't read Wonders of the Universe, but saw him speaking on it, and > feel > > would be good to go through. > > From a Review > ( > http://www.denofgeek.com/television/440217/wonders_of_the_solar_system_order_out_of_chaos_review.html > ) > of his book, I see he speaks to Nick's Vortices (Doug's Swirlies?): > > " Professor Cox explains this in consistently entertaining fashion, and his > repeated references back to the apparently mundane things in our immediate > environment - the spinning vortex of water escaping from a bathroom sink, > or > the constant procession of seasons - and tying these in to the celestial > events that occur in our solar system, is what keeps the science bits fresh > and engaging. " > > - Steve > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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