I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist. Brian Cox More Quotes by Brian Cox More Quotes From Brian Cox When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars. Brian Cox spacestarschildren We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself. Brian Cox lifesciencemean The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense! Brian Cox rightsfunreligion Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with anything beyond Earth. Follow the light and we can journey from the confines of our planet to other worlds that orbit the Sun without ever dreaming of spacecraft. To look up is to look back in time, because the ancient beams of light are messengers from the Universe's distant past. Brian Cox journeydreampast You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful. Brian Cox confusedcomplicatedbeautiful Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look. Brian Cox secretlooksway Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works. Brian Cox atheismdifferentreligion Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star. Brian Cox starsdyingheart One might say science is the sum total of our knowledge of the universe, the great library of the known, but the practice of science happens at the border between the known and the unknown. Standing on the shoulders of giants, we peer into the darkness with eyes opened not in fear but in wonder. Brian Cox eyedarknesspractice In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false. Brian Cox universal-truthviewsworld Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder. Brian Cox precious-thingsunderstandingwonder An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician. Brian Cox explorersmusicianuniverse Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on. Brian Cox theoryhandsmoving When you fall into a black hole you will be literally spaghettified. Brian Cox holesblackfall It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll Brian Cox rocksbusinessideas The aim of particle physics is to understand what everything’s made of, and how everything sticks together. By everything I mean me and you, the Earth, the Sun, the 100 billion suns in our galaxy and the 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. Absolutely everything. Brian Cox motivationinspirationmean As we get older, things seem less important. Brian Cox agingimportantseems The story of the universe finally comes to an end. For the first time in its life, the universe will be permanent and unchanging. Entropy finally stops increasing because the cosmos cannot get any more disordered. Nothing happens, and it keeps not happening, forever. It's what's known as the heat-death of the universe. An era when the cosmos will remain vast and cold and desolate for the rest of time the arrow of time has simply ceased to exist. It's an inescapable fact of the universe written into the fundamental laws of physics, the entire cosmos will die. Brian Cox arrowslawforever We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets. Brian Cox viewswishreality Climate change: Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics Brian Cox climate-changeeconomicsclimate
