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moki , george british particle physics 3 march 1968 hulme grammar school , manchester university of manchester richard feynman carl sagan 220px tamsin osorio andrew pilkington edwards graham jones james monk irina nasteva andres prof brian cox.jpg united kingdom brian cox cox in october 2013 -lcb- -lcb- plainlist http://www-h1.desy.de/psfiles/theses/h1th-679.pdf '' universe '' '' wonders of the solar system '' '' wonders human universe '' d : ream dare of life '' '' wonders of the robin marshall 1998 www.manchester.ac.uk/research/brian.cox university of manchester cern desy brian cox -lrb- physicist -rrb-
 brian edward cox double diffraction dissociation at large momentum transfer
brian cox -lrb- physicist -rrb-

brian edward cox , -lrb- born 3 march 1968 -rrb- , is an english physicist , and professor of particle physics in the school of physics and astronomy at the university of manchester .
he is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes , especially the `` wonders of ... '' series and has been described as the natural successor for bbc 's scientific programming by both david attenborough and the late patrick moore .
before his academic career , cox was a keyboard player for the bands d : ream and dare .
