Why are atoms so empty? Our favorite physicist Brian Cox demonstrates standing waves with a little help from Simon Pegg (yes that Simon Pegg) and Jim Al-Khalili, who is making a bid to become our second-favorite physicist. Oh and fellow skeptic Jonathan Ross and family get several close-ups in the audience. I’m really not sure who to be more jealous of in this clip:
The whole show was awesome – I watched it on Christmas night with my family :-) Tons of celebrities all learning about Quantum Theory – fantastic!
Hey, seems like Charlie Brooker was in the audience, too.
With this wife, Konnie Huq from Blue Peter.
That was awesome. Thank you for posting it!
Brian is the coolest geeky physicist in the known Universe. Utterly charming.
For anyone interested in more of how this idea come about, check out the wonderful sixtysymbols youtube channel, de Broglie Waves.
and if this all too much for you here is the science of Guinness :D
How could I have missed this. It’s brilliant.
Thanks ms. Watson for pointing it out!
He’s way younger than I imagined (this being the first time I’ve seen his image). But the hair is a problem…
Apparently no problem for James May. He was going to ask mr. Cox for tips on his hairdo:)
Oh that was so great!
Why can’t thisthread get 500 comments? *sigh*
So much fun! I remember doing that wave demonstration in high school.
Also, I have a crush on Brian Cox now.