Professor Brian Cox

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SmartLess · "Professor Brian Cox" · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

What is your area of expertise in science?

So it's particle physics and cosmology.

Particle physics and cosmology.

Any question about the universe as a whole?

No, it's a huge pleasure.

I'm a huge fan.

So thank you guys.

I did get a D in math.

And the reason was that, so I, as you said, grew up in Manchester.

And New Order were doing a gig.

Yeah, so they were at the Hacienda the night before my math A-level.

And I thought, well, it's more important to go and see New Order at the Hacienda because I thought I was going to be a musician, as you said.

I thought, I'm going to be in a band.

I'm going to be a rock star.

This stuff doesn't matter.

So I went to see New Order instead and got a D in math.

Yeah.

Wow.

Yeah.

And actually, so Peter Saville, who's the great designer who designed the Hacienda, and he designed the Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures album cover, New Order's album covers.

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