Professor Brian Cox is the "Master of the Universe" says the Telegraph.
And I agree.
Not just because he knows a pretty large amount about our world, how it works and the rest of the universe, but also because he knows how to explain it so that it's easy for everyone to understand.
Being a student who has a passion for wanting to understand the world, Prof Cox is a God sent.
Ok, so maybe the fact that Brian's more (quite a lot more) aesthetically appealing than the stereotypical old, big-haired, white lab coat scientist, plays some part in it. But it's also the way he explains everything in that voice of his; I don't know why, but it's a voice you want to listen to. He doesn't drone on or overcomplicate things.
However, I think the thing that really makes people interested and keep wanting to learn more, is because of the use of the figurative metaphors used in his programmes: one minute he'll be in America, comparing the landscape of the Grand Canyon to that of Mars; the next, Tromsø in Norway and explaining the occurance of the Northern Lights. It's this new, but simple way of learning, that has got Britain hanging off the Professor's every word.
Brian's first series, Wonders of the Solar System, was brilliant. I was finally able to understand some of the ways in which our planet works. But Wonders of the Universe, series two, is set to be bigger and better. I would say out of this world even. But a sentence can only have so much cheese.
I can definately say- and speak for a large majority of students when I say this- that Professor Brian Cox is a true inspiration and a figure in the public eye who we should look up to. After all, he did get a D in A level maths and went on to become Master of the Universe.
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