Brian Cox Squared

[SueEllen]

Or computer says "No"

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/...l-receptionist

It adds a whole new meaning to double booking. Or perhaps it’s more of a mathematical problem: solve Brian Cox squared? But when the question was raised by a hotel receptionist, it was left to an actor and a physicist to find an answer.
Brian Cox, the former musician turned physics professor, was the first to encounter the problem when attempting to get a key to his room in the hotel in which Brian Cox, the Scottish actor best known for starring in Succession, was also staying before a joint TV appearance.

[NotAllThere]

Wow. John Smith must have problems at that hotel.

My guess is that both rooms were booked at the same time, and it became two rooms for Brian Cox. Not one room each for two Brian Coxes.

[xoggoth]

Saw that on TV. Forget which program.

[TheDude]

I was an undergraduate with Brian Cox.

it was obvious back then he didn't have it in him to work for an investment bank.

The man is the Jamie Oliver of Physics.

[vetran]

I was an undergraduate with Brian Cox.

it was obvious back then he didn't have it in him to work for an investment bank.

The man is the Jamie Oliver of Physics.

what rich and on tv?

[Chris Bryce]

The man is the Jamie Oliver of Physics.

Even if. it's true, I'm not sure that's as bad a thing as you seem to think it is. Anything which popularises and/or explains in relative clarity and/or captures a wide audience for difficult stuff like "science" isn't a bad thing, and Cox does that reasonably well.

[vetran]

Even if. it's true, I'm not sure that's as bad a thing as you seem to think it is. Anything which popularises and/or explains in relative clarity and/or captures a wide audience for difficult stuff like "science" isn't a bad thing, and Cox does that reasonably well.

Indeed Oliver & Cox both make their subject approachable to the common person.