Brian Cox (with the help of Simon Pegg) explains why Quantum Mechanics is beautiful

Captivating one hour lecture by Brian Cox on Quantum Mechanics. This is one of the best public science lectures I have ever seen. Using one of the largest uncut diamonds ever discovered, Brian delves into the structure of the universe and explains how diamonds bigger than our Sun can be formed.

Special celebrity volunteers, like Simon Pegg, help Brian convey the physics. I love how he offset the technical parts of the talk with humour. Brian Cox is, in many ways, the next iteration of Carl Sagan.

I wish the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) created more programs like this.

(via scienceisbeauty)