I had the great fortune to be able to attend last night's annual Cockroft Rutherford lecture at Manchester University, delivered by no less than Professor Brian Cox. Unsurprisingly, "A Scientist in the Media" was the best lecture I've been to - but then again I did study a Business degree, so there wasn't too much competition.
Brian did a great job of selling the idea of science being the driving force for humanity's progress, incorporating photos, diagrams and clips of TV shows, starting with Carl Sagan's Cosmos and including a couple of his own, and managing to be not only informative but funny too.
The lecture was apparently webcast so I presume it will be available to watch somewhere, and I'd thoroughly recommend trying to view it if at all possible, as it gave a great insight into Brian's passion for science and its role in the modern world. My only wish was that it could have been longer than an hour.
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