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Brian Cox

1968 - Today

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Brian Edward Cox (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist and musician who is a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage and the Wonders of... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Cox has received more than 238,469 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Brian Cox is the 748th most popular physicist (down from 703rd in 2019), the 5,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,958th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Physicist.

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  • 240k

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  • 39.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Brian Cox ranks 748 out of 717Before him are Seth Neddermeyer, John Houghton, Mary K. Gaillard, Werner Israel, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, and Edwin Thompson Jaynes. After him are Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Norris Bradbury, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yash Pal, and Herbert Goldstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Brian Cox ranks 429Before him are Maurizio Ganz, Phill Lewis, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Kim Thúy, Marco Grassi, and Diego el Cigala. After him are Jens Weidmann, Diego Fuser, Leonid Agutin, Raquel Cassidy, Taylor Wane, and Chrystia Freeland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Cox ranks 5,293 out of 7,765Before him are Jemima Kirke (1985), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), Zuleikha Robinson (1977), Rupert Keegan (1955), Trevor Brooking (1948), and John Curry (1949). After him are Gillian Gilbert (1961), Martin Atkinson (1971), Cleo Laine (1927), John Waite (1952), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), and Mary Rand (1940).

Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Brian Cox ranks 86Before him are Ronald Drever (1931), John Pendry (1943), Raymond Gosling (1926), C. V. Boys (1855), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), and John Houghton (1931). After him are Edward Andrade (1887) and Jess Wade (1988).

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