Brian Cox (physicist)

"Science is unreasonably effective, it's generated knowledge beyond all expectation. It's also delivered perspective. Yes, we are an insignificant speck in an infinite universe, but we're also rare. An…"

"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."

"As a fraction of the lifespan of the universe as measured from the beginning to the evaporation of the last black hole, life as we know it is only possible for one-thousandth of a billion billion bill…"

"Anyone who thinks the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world is a twat."

"Science is too important not to be a part of a popular culture."

"What scientists are attached to is journeys into the unknown and discovering things that are completely unexpected and baffling and surprising."

"Yes, in a sense. I'm comfortable with the unknown, that's the point of science. There are places out there, billions of places out there that we know nothing about. And the fact that we know nothing a…"

"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 syste…"