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Dr Brian Cox tries to explain a Gravity Wave

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Dr Brain Cox tries to explain to his tv producer what is a gravitational wave.

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  • 1:06 "I can't see that as a wave"

    "Tough"

  • DanIsNotOnFire brought me here!!! :cD

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  • @vzclubbie wtf?

  • Why can't he understand it? It's so obvious...... when you learn sth, please learn them from the beginning, please don't suddenly ask a very advanced level of something. (and I think Pro Cox has explained pretty clearly and simple) And when you don't get it, please don't blame anyone or even swear!!!

  • it just goes to show,some people have their positions thru longevity,

    this producer clearly doesnt owe his position to intellect

  • Everyone was a laymen before they were taught any aspect of any discipline. Being a teacher means you have to change your approach to change the student and then you learn something about yourself. What did Brian Cox learn? He should have learned that you cannot physically describe a 4-D phenomena with a 3-D example.  Imagine space-time is a trampoline and you put a ball on it and it curves it. That's gravity. That's just wrong but how many time have you heard that example.

  • brian cox is an island in a sea of diarrhea (the producer)

  • @BinaryStars100 They are compression waves but they can also be traverse waves when transmitted through solids. I think he just got his words mixed up because he went from talking about water to sound...plus he was on a rant. I think we can forgive him for that little slip up! :-)

  • @BinaryStars100 You have to remember that he's explaining it to a laymen. We have stupid ape brains not built to understand 4 dimensional non physical phenomenon.

  • Brain Cox called a sound wave a transverse wave, I thought it was a compression wave. First mistake. Brain Cox tried to describe a four-dimensional structure using a three-dimensional analysis. Second mistake. People are always trying to described space-time physically when it has no physical representation.

  • lame-o interviewer not worthy of mr. cox's time.

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