“Imagine that light is shining out from a flashlight. According to common sense, if we run fast enough we could in principle catch up with the front of the beam of light as it advances forward. Common sense might even… — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
“That dizzying feeling of confusion, if (hopefully) followed by an epiphany of clarity, is the joy of science. If the reader is feeling the… — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
“If there is one thing we try to teach our students when they first arrive at the University of Manchester, ready to learn to… — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we should not be too surprised that nature sometimes appears counterintuitive to a tribe of observant, carbon-based ape descendants roaming around on the… — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
“Imagine that light is shining out from a flashlight. According to common sense, if we run fast enough we could in principle catch up… — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
“It’s worth taking a brief pause here to ponder what has happened. Using only Pythagoras’ theorem and Einstein’s assumption about the speed of light… — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
“...Heisenberg removed the conceit that the workings of Nature should necessarily accord with common sense.” — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
