Path integrals on BBC2

[d000hg]

I don't see why the hatred for Cox. Sure he may not be the most charismatic guy but isn't it a good thing to have a proper scientist in the public eye rather than the endless stream of has-beens?

I suppose it's the British way to slam anyone who gets popular. Cooler to tear someone down than contribute yourself, etc.

[VectraMan]

I don't see why the hatred for Cox. Sure he may not be the most charismatic guy but isn't it a good thing to have a proper scientist in the public eye rather than the endless stream of has-beens?

I suppose it's the British way to slam anyone who gets popular. Cooler to tear someone down than contribute yourself, etc.

It's nothing to do with his success, or what he does. If he's genuinely able to explain science to the masses in a not-dumbed down way, then that's fantastic.

It's just his unbearable smugness, and his stupid grin.

[d000hg]

Not a massive fan but I'd rather he was there than not.

Was the show simply about Planck? That's maybe 1st-year uni (I don't recall it in A-level), whereas Feynman Path Integrals are proper high-brow stuff... I know about them at a high level only from reading his book. They never got touched on at uni for me and from his own word, it was not an easy thing to solve.

I always wondered, when DO you learn that kind of advanced stuff if university only gets as far as general relativity, the standard model, formalising quantum mechanics? It's all very well to know the concepts of string theory or QED/QCD but those are underpinned by very solid mathematics so when do you learn even the basics of that?

[Troll]

I suppose it's the British way to slam anyone who gets popular. Cooler to tear someone down than contribute yourself, etc.

Naw..I think its more the way he gets our wimmin folk moist and all in a fluster

[cojak]

Not a massive fan but I'd rather he was there than not.

Was the show simply about Planck? That's maybe 1st-year uni (I don't recall it in A-level), whereas Feynman Path Integrals are proper high-brow stuff... I know about them at a high level only from reading his book. They never got touched on at uni for me and from his own word, it was not an easy thing to solve.

I always wondered, when DO you learn that kind of advanced stuff if university only gets as far as general relativity, the standard model, formalising quantum mechanics? It's all very well to know the concepts of string theory or QED/QCD but those are underpinned by very solid mathematics so when do you learn even the basics of that?

He capped the lecture off with Feynman ('all genius, all buffoon') and his path integrals.

It was an hour well spent.

[cojak]

Well, it was



He only had 5 minutes left, after all...

[SandyD]

Last year someone invited me to a social charity dinner hosting Brian Cox, cost £250 so said no thanks.

But been to a few lectures for Adam Rutherford, it was only £8 to £15, so that was OK, however, when I suggested a Nural Net behavioural programming during the Q&A he completely dismissed it

I believe he is giving a lecture on Darwin Day (12th of Feb)

Oh does anyone remember that channel that constantly transmitted educational programs for open university students?

[Doggy Styles]

Oh does anyone remember that channel that constantly transmitted educational programs for open university students?

Yes. I think it was called BBC 2.

I wonder what happened to it?

[Spacecadet]

I suppose it's the British way to slam anyone who gets popular. Cooler to tear someone down than contribute yourself, etc.

The problem is the BBC and the meedja studies production crews who insist on trying to make science popular through the use of "arty" shots, generally of Cox getting all dewy eyed whilst staring into the distance etc...

It really is spoiling it for us proper nerds and geeks who have spent ******* decades watching this stuff before it became cool to be a geek.

Real Nerds V Fake Nerds - Damn! LOL

[Spacecadet]

Oh does anyone remember that channel that constantly transmitted educational programs for open university students?

I think it was called BBC2... not sure what happened to it once the OU when all online