In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false. Brian Cox More Quotes by Brian Cox More Quotes From Brian Cox If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is just a matter of opinion. Brian Cox understanding people thinking No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll Brian Cox geek rock-n-roll rocks Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality is sort of what the cinema deals with. It deals with stories which don't fall into 'Everybody in their place and who's who,' and all that. But the theatre's full of that. Brian Cox egalitarianism theatre fall Science is too important not to be a part of popular culture. Brian Cox popular-culture important culture (On the energy radiated by the Sun) It's four hundred million million million million watts. That is a million times the power consumption of the United States every year, radiated in one second, and we worked that out by using some water, a thermometer, a tin, and an umbrella. And that's why I love physics. Brian Cox sun water years Look at that! If you ever needed convincing that we live in the solar system, that we are on a ball of rock, orbiting around the Sun with other balls of rock, then look at that! That's the solar system coming down and grabbing you by the throat. Brian Cox balls rocks looks For the first time, we saw our world, not as a solid, immovable, kind of indestructible place, but as a very small, fragile-looking world just hanging against the blackness of space. Brian Cox our-world motivation inspiration We have written the evidence of our existence onto the surface of our planet. Our civilisation has become a beacon, that identifies our planet as home to life. Brian Cox surface beacons home There is so much left of it to explore. Brian Cox left [The 1975 Chase Econometrics] showed that for every one dollar spent on Apollo, 14 came back into the U.S. economy. Brian Cox dollars motivation inspiration Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics. That's a dangerous slope, because the problem of course is you're not undermining just that, you're undermining the basis of rational decision-making in society. Brian Cox economics problem decision At every stage of understanding the universe better, the benefits to civilisation have been immeasurable. None of those big leaps were made with us knowing what was going to happen. Brian Cox benefits understanding knowing For me, Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' defines New York. Both New York and Manhattan Island should be in black in white! I always hear the soundtrack of Gershwin in my head every time I go over the Queensboro Bridge, or come in from JFK because of it! Brian Cox bridges new-york islands In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies. Brian Cox independent cinema want The fact is that Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema into the big industry, a marketing industry. In doing this, the audiences have lost touch with the aspects of film which were to be informative and educational and even spiritual. Brian Cox marketing educational spiritual They may not even know anyone who'd done that, even though they're close to one of the biggest cities in the world, with lots of world class universities, it might as well have been a thousand miles away. But what this does is make those connections. Brian Cox lifestyle Ultimately it's about giving information to people about why this is valuable. Brian Cox lifestyle We often hear - it's true actually - that we have a shortage across the world of scientists and engineers. Brian Cox lifestyle There is no shortage of enthusiasm for students and young people when you talk about science and engineering. Brian Cox lifestyle Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft. Brian Cox choose risks doing job
