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Cox comes from a small town on the side of Manchester City, Oldham. During the Industrial Revolution, this place was a major hub of the British cotton textile industry, producing more cotton fabrics than France and Germany combined. He self-taught textile technology, invented a technique for dyeing nylon black, became a chemist, and wrote some academic papers. In his childhood, Cox had already begun to show his bookish temperament. He likes to stand by the roadside and count the buses, recording their numbers. In the garden of his grandfather's house, he and his friends used local railway materials to build a fuse box for power generation. In 2005, Cox became professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester, UK, and has published more than 600 research papers so far. In addition to scientific research, he also needs to teach courses in quantum physics and relativity in the first-year physics department. While Cox's scientific career is thriving, he is also actively engaged in the science popularization industry he loves. He frequently appears in the science section of BBC TV and radio channels. In 2010, he participated in the production and hosting of a five episode documentary titled \Miracle of the Solar System\, which was released on BBC and received great acclaim. In 2011, the four episode documentary \Miracle of the Universe\ was released, attracting over 6 million viewers. In January 2013, his new work 'Miracle of Life', which was screened on the BBC, was once again successful, and the first episode received over 3 million viewers. His other documentary, 'Looking Up at the Starry Sky', also received over 4 million viewers live. In 2013, the University of Manchester announced that the entrance score of its physics department had improved significantly, becoming the physics subject with the highest entrance requirements in British universities, surpassing Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College and other famous universities. The school acknowledges that Cox's aura has been helpful in this regard. Cox himself said that I don't think any child or student would see someone on TV with a beautiful hairstyle and change their life trajectory and decide on their career path in this life. If you open your eyes wider to see science, including the universe, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, and so on, as long as you understand a little, you will find that there are so many things in this world that can capture your imagination. I think this may change students' career choices. I believe that this power is not something that any one or a few pop stars can achieve. In 2010, Cox was awarded the highest honor in the UK, the Order of the British Empire, for his outstanding science popularization work.

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