Vast and empty and everywhere at once

[darkemeralds]

Professor Brian Cox is funny, telegenic, and very, very good at reducing quantum theory to something a liberal arts major like me can begin to grasp.

Put him together with BBC production values, a giant £1,000,000 diamond, phallic-shaped foam, and some British comedy celebrities, and you've got an hour of your life that you'll never get back, but so what? Because you can't stop watching, and the feeling of your mind opening up like that is amazing.

And did I mention that he's awfully cute for a genius?

ETA: Thanks to +Kevin Kelly on Google+ for the pointer.

Comments

[tehomet]

TY for the link!

[darkemeralds]

It was an hour well spent. My mind is improved by it.

[legionseagle]

He's also had a pop song hit.

[kis]

Hee! GMTA. For you edification, DarkEm.

[darkemeralds]

LOL! Oh my. That's...actually not terrible.

Funny, he looked more like a physics professor then, and looks more like a pop star now. The degree of career change is mind-boggling, isn't it?

[kis]

I think it was a hobby band whilst he was an undergraduate physicists and was never meant to be a long term job. Though I could be making that up. He's on telly tonight, talking stars. I shall, of course, be watching.

[darkemeralds]

I'd watch him talk stars too!

Love the icon. Is it new?

[kis]

Only a little. Cabin Pressure quote.

[darkemeralds]

So I've gathered! And it's not surprising. He has a whole sort of pop-star thing going on.

Gotta love a singing physicist. :D

[mizzhap.livejournal.com]

/delurk
That was fascinating, and mind-boggling. Thanks for pointing it out!

[darkemeralds]

Oh yay! I'm glad you found it interesting.