ajb Posted July 2, 2010 Posted July 2, 2010 Brian Cox has be awarded the Kelvin medal "For communicating the appeal and excitement of physics to the general public through the broadcast media." The medal and award is presented by the Institute of Physics. Cox, a professor at Manchester has also been awarded a OBE this year. He has a high profile in the media as a populariser of science. This is as a result of his significant work in promoting physics, particularly particle physics and cosmology. He has made a wide variety of exciting programmes both on TV and radio; always writing the scripts himself in order to maintain their scientific integrity. Kelvin medallists include John D Barrow (2009) and Simon Singh (2008). The announcement can be found here. --------------------------------------- A personal note: I met Cox at a particle physics seminar in Manchester a few years ago and was quite friendly with one of his PhD students for a while. This was before I knew he was "famous"
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