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Post by meimichan on Dec 8, 2011 10:07:44 GMT
Cats take everything very seriously.
My cat is a serious goofball, but she takes being goofy VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'm still drunk, apologies for any and all stupid posts I'm making.
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Post by muggs on Dec 11, 2011 1:57:23 GMT
A hour of science and James May? I am so excited about this! I've never heard of Professor Cox before but any man who can set James on fire and live to tell about it is good in my book.   |
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Post by lindenchase on Dec 12, 2011 9:38:19 GMT
A hour of science and James May? I am so excited about this! I've never heard of Professor Cox before but any man who can set James on fire and live to tell about it is good in my book. See if you can find any of the series he did: Wonders of the Universe and Wonders of the Solar System. Amazing stuff. |
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Post by Maid of Astolat on Dec 12, 2011 12:54:47 GMT
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Post by morganstarr89 on Dec 12, 2011 19:06:58 GMT
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Post by antonia on Dec 12, 2011 20:05:25 GMT
A hour of science and James May? I am so excited about this! I've never heard of Professor Cox before but any man who can set James on fire and live to tell about it is good in my book. Who sat next to James? Could it be the elusive Woman? |
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Post by morganstarr89 on Dec 12, 2011 22:00:31 GMT
A hour of science and James May? I am so excited about this! I've never heard of Professor Cox before but any man who can set James on fire and live to tell about it is good in my book. Who sat next to James? Could it be the elusive Woman? If it is its good to see James spending some time with her. and although I am extremely jealous...I think it's cute! <3 |
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Post by jacqui on Dec 12, 2011 22:07:26 GMT
Its not for us to discuss whether it is or isn't  I would have paid to be part of that audience however, James or no James, what a cracking nights entertainment... roll on Sunday... 9pm BBC 2 ;D |
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Post by muggs on Dec 13, 2011 1:57:50 GMT
See if you can find any of the series he did: Wonders of the Universe and Wonders of the Solar System. Amazing stuff. I've never even heard of those before. I'll definitely check them out!  Does anyone know what "stars" will be there? I could recognize James (obviously), Wossy and Simon Pegg but I don't know enough British celebrities to name anyone else. |
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Post by jacqui on Dec 18, 2011 7:55:10 GMT
don't forget ladies .... tonght BBC 2 @9pm ;D
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Post by meimichan on Dec 18, 2011 11:12:45 GMT
don't forget ladies .... tonght BBC 2 @9pm ;D Thanks for the reminders. If I'm going to be sick in bed, at least I'll have something good to watch. |
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Post by eshalda on Dec 18, 2011 22:53:31 GMT
What a wonderful programme, I even understood some of it, mostly the bit about wave patterns which I remember studying in physics. Oh to have a brain, and the capacity to understand like Brian Cox. I am sure James would have loved the programme and understood most of it. His experiment was very brief and the hairs on the back of his hands did get singed, but he cast that aside by saying the hairs were making him look a bit gorillarish, and he could do without them.
Is it just me that thought that Jonathan Ross was made to look a bit of an idiot?
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Post by dit on Dec 18, 2011 23:01:39 GMT
From Dr Alice Roberts on twitter feed, in response to a question as to when the programme was filmed,
One night in November, and we weren't allowed to reveal the whereabouts in advance... because of that MASSIVE diamond
But more worryingly,
I was sitting right by James May and his hands smelt quite badly of singed flesh!
Another comment (I like the witty ones)
I don't know why everyone says the Brian Cox lecture was hard to understand, I get it totally. James May is made of diamonds. Easy.
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Post by amie8 on Dec 18, 2011 23:52:25 GMT
I'm afraid physics just ain't my subject, much as I'd like to understand it. Even the charming Prof Cox can't really make it accessible to me (actually, Jim Al Khalili is a better communicator, but he ain't so pretty, so he remains tucked away on BBC 4). I sort of understood bits, but couldn't understand how they related to eachother - electrons, waves, energy levels....wut?
'Twas ever thus.
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Post by jacqui on Dec 19, 2011 6:09:48 GMT
I enjoyed this program immensely, made me wish i had paid more attention in my Physics lessons  Prof Cox makes it all so much more understandable, he obviously has a huge passion for the subject. It was interesting that whenever the camera panned round the audience James could be seen leaning forward, listening intently, absorbing Prof Cox's every word, no doubt he will recite it back to one and all in the Keys, word for word in the very near future.... ;D |
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Post by jmsquared on Dec 19, 2011 9:47:34 GMT
Ummmm......any chance of a download of this program, techo people?? Pretty please??
I never said that. I deny all knowledge.
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Post by meimichan on Dec 19, 2011 11:20:31 GMT
Ummmm......any chance of a download of this program, techo people?? Pretty please?? I never said that. I deny all knowledge. Your odds are quite good. I uhh...fell asleep in the middle of it yesterday. Give me a half hour or so. |
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Post by jmsquared on Dec 19, 2011 11:21:29 GMT
Ooh thanks Meim. No rush.
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Post by meimichan on Dec 19, 2011 11:43:20 GMT
SCIENCE!Haven't watched it yet, watching the man lab episode first. Really looking forward to this one though, being a massive science dork.
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Post by crumbs on Dec 19, 2011 18:10:37 GMT
Fabulous programme - it had me hooked. I found Jim al Khalili rather attractive.....bring him on the box I say!
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Post by aeromanda on Dec 19, 2011 19:05:32 GMT
I thought this program was excellent. I like Brian Cox. I think he has a good personality for speaking. He obviously has a passion for what he does and conveys that very well. Also, I think he breaks things down well and makes them easy to understand.
I already knew some of it and I understood it. Although, several times I had to pause the show and ask my husband to elaborate on things (the only reason my husband doesn't have a degree in physics is because his university wouldn't let him officially take three majors - his are math and comp sci. But he took all the courses for the physics major and keeps himself current in the field so he was familiar with everything in the program and was able to continue explaining things to me beyond what they covered in the show). I did enjoy the show very much, but that said, physics does make my brain hurt. I have to think very hard and pay attention to understand it. I'm more of a biology/anthropology type.
I laughed at the beginning when James said that he was going to ask Brian Cox about his hair. Loved James's segment as brief as it was.
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Post by adrianmay on Dec 19, 2011 19:15:50 GMT
Ummmm......any chance of a download of this program, techo people?? Pretty please?? I never said that. I deny all knowledge. Your odds are quite good. I uhh...fell asleep in the middle of it yesterday. Give me a half hour or so. OK I know your sleepiness was probably caused by not feeling well and working too hard but it made me chuckle. In college I had two professors that were English, one for Thermal Physics and one for Ichnology. Both classes were after lunch and mostly in the dark due to excessive use of the overhead projector. Their accents, unfortunately, had a soporific effect on me. I'd find myself slouching lower and lower in my seat until my face met the 6 inch pile of books on my desk. It was nighty-night after that. Why couldn't they have been from Brooklyn or Jersey City? Doubt I could have nodded off then. |
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Post by britta1988 on Dec 20, 2011 20:36:42 GMT
Oh, meimichan, you're a saint.  Thanks! |
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Post by liverbird on Dec 20, 2011 23:45:58 GMT
Is it just me that thought that Jonathan Ross was made to look a bit of an idiot? No, he is a genuine idiot. I am not JR's greatest fan and cannot, for the life of me, understand why he was actually invited to attend. |
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 21, 2011 0:37:37 GMT
Is it just me that thought that Jonathan Ross was made to look a bit of an idiot? No, he is a genuine idiot. I am not JR's greatest fan and cannot, for the life of me, understand why he was actually invited to attend. Perhaps he was invited because they could count on him to be an idiot. |
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 21, 2011 20:28:56 GMT
Absolutely wonderful... James, Brian and the science! ;D ;D  |
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Post by jmsquared on Dec 22, 2011 1:41:57 GMT
DMC that is lovely. Could you move it to Pic of the Year please? (I have tried this, I really have, and even with Pie's help, have failed miserably).
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 22, 2011 3:47:06 GMT
No problem. ;D
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Post by dit on Feb 28, 2012 23:32:16 GMT
(Bit of a bump)
Both James and Brian Cox were in the audience of tonight's Dimbleby Lecture shown on BBC, given by Sir Paul Nurse on "The New Enlightement" in science. I missed the first ten minutes, but the rest was excellent, and I particularly like the concept of 'scientific anarchy' at the new Francis Crick Institute in London.
The programme hasn't come up on i-player yet, but doubtless it will.
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Post by fallatyourfeet on Feb 29, 2012 8:44:15 GMT
(Bit of a bump) Both James and Brian Cox were in the audience of tonight's Dimbleby Lecture shown on BBC, given by Sir Paul Nurse on "The New Enlightement" in science. I missed the first ten minutes, but the rest was excellent, and I particularly like the concept of 'scientific anarchy' at the new Francis Crick Institute in London. The programme hasn't come up on i-player yet, but doubtless it will. Thanks for that dit. I'll look out for it. |
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I love a man who can handle a gun 
Prof Cox makes it all so much more understandable, he obviously has a huge passion for the subject. It was interesting that whenever the camera panned round the audience James could be seen leaning forward, listening intently, absorbing Prof Cox's every word, no doubt he will recite it back to one and all in the Keys, word for word in the very near future.... ;D
Thanks!
