A Night with the Stars - Prof Brian Cox

[Gun]

Just a head up as this is on at 9 on BBC2:

Professor Brian Cox presents a specially recorded programme from the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. With the help of Jonathan Ross, Simon Pegg, Sarah Millican and James May, Brian shows how diamonds are made up of nothingness; how things can be in an infinite number of places at once; and why everything we see or touch in the universe exists.

I'm not expecting it to be too in depth but looking forward to it none-the-less!

[TheHeretic]

Anything science is good. DeGrasse-Tyson is doing a modern version of Cosmos, which I'm looking forward to.

[Oakey]

is this different to that other thing he did with ross in it?

[Spiffing]

Looking forward to this, Brian is very good at breaking things down for people without a science background. I hope it is a tad easier than his explanation of Higgs at Monkeys Uncaged though

[Spiffing]

Oakey said:

is this different to that other thing he did with ross in it?

Yep, that was Stargazing live with Dara. Due back in Jan I think

[Zaxxon]

Hmmm, Sarah Millican,.......i'll be giving that a damn good ignoring then.

[Six Fiend]

Zaxxon said:

Hmmm, Sarah Millican,.......i'll be giving that a damn good ignoring then.

Why oh why is she on everything at the moment? Grrrrr!

[davepoth]

Six Fiend said:

Why oh why is she on everything at the moment? Grrrrr!

If it's not for her comedic talent (ahem) then I would posit that someone in the BBC's diversity department has something to do with it.

[callyman]

Six Fiend said:

Why oh why is she on everything at the moment? Grrrrr!

Just won the 2011 comedy awards queen of comedy too.

[callyman]

Been looking forward to this for weeks.
I'm a huge fan of Mr Cox and Jim Al-Khalili.

[RichB]

Six Fiend said:

Zaxxon said:

Hmmm, Sarah Millican,.......i'll be giving that a damn good ignoring then.

Why oh why is she on everything at the moment? Grrrrr!

Who is she?

[Six Fiend]

callyman said:

Six Fiend said:

Why oh why is she on everything at the moment? Grrrrr!

Just won the 2011 comedy awards queen of comedy too.

Only one in the category I guess

[callyman]

Six Fiend said:

callyman said:

Six Fiend said:

Why oh why is she on everything at the moment? Grrrrr!

Just won the 2011 comedy awards queen of comedy too.

Only one in the category I guess

Believe it or not the runners up where (king or queen)...David Mitchell, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall, Jo Brand & Miranda Hart.

[Chicharito]

Are all physics teachers / lecturers taught how to draw on a blackboard by the same person?

[Simpo Two]

You do realise another name for this would be 'Celebrity Science'? They'll be singing next, and maybe dancing a bit, and then viewers can vote them off... bloody 'celebrities'.

[Lost_BMW]

Simpo Two said:

You do realise another name for this would be 'Celebrity Science'? They'll be singing next, and maybe dancing a bit, and then viewers can vote them off... bloody 'celebrities'.

Will they have to eat quantum worms?

[Zaxxon]

They had to have celebs on it, otherwise the morons would never have tuned in.

'Fissics? Whassat, izit like learning and stuff?'

[TheHeretic]

Zaxxon said:

They had to have celebs on it, otherwise the morons would never have tuned in.

'Fissics? Whassat, izit like learning and stuff?'

This... Making science interesting to the sofa sitters requires something for them to tune into for. However they do it, getting folks interested is a good thing in my mind.

[Teppic]

callyman said:

Believe it or not the runners up where (king or queen)...David Mitchell, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall, Jo Brand & Miranda Hart.

Ah, so she didn't have any competition, then...

[callyman]

Teppic said:

callyman said:

Believe it or not the runners up where (king or queen)...David Mitchell, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall, Jo Brand & Miranda Hart.

Ah, so she didn't have any competition, then...

Mitchell isn't funny?