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Indefatigable wonder: how Brian Cox’s latest show conveys the immense scale of the cosmos

13 Jan 2022 Laura Hiscott
Taken from the January 2022 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Indefatigable wonder".

Laura Hiscott reviews the new television show Universe, presented by Brian Cox, which was broadcast in October and November last year and is now available on BBC iPlayer

Brian Cox in a still from Universe
Sense of space The locations where Universe was filmed are often used as analogies to describe the physics of astronomical events. (Courtesy: BBC/Brian Cox/Poppy Pinnock)
Brian Cox’s latest blockbuster television series, Universe, has an ambitious title. In German –

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