Brian Cox: I want to have answers to find

Professor Brian Cox (1968) is a member of the Accelerator, Nuclear and Particle Physics Division at The University of Manchester. His online presence Apollo's Children covers the work outside university, like BBC podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage.

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On Danny Boyle's Sunshine (2007) Brian worked as a scientifc consultant and was shadowed by Cillian Murphy in preparation for the role of cool, calm and collected astronaut physicist.

I'm comfortable with the unknown -- that's the point of science. There are places out there, billions of places out there, that we know nothing about. And the fact that we know nothing about them excites me, and I want to go out and find out about them.

And that's what science is.

So I think if you’re not comfortable with the unknown, then it’s difficult to be a scientist… I don’t need an answer. I don’t need answers to everything. I want to have answers to find.