Author Archives: Jon Butterworth

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About Jon Butterworth

UCL Physics prof, works on LHC, writes (books, Cosmic Shambles and elsewhere). Citizen of England, UK, Europe & Nowhere, apparently.

David Willetts: I’m just a science minister, not a particle physicist

Posted on 01/07/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Higgs rumours: fun for you, dangerous for me

Posted on 23/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.6 of Smashing Physics.

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Alan Turing at the Science Museum

Posted on 20/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Does art-from-science really add anything?

Posted on 18/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 3.2 of Smashing Physics.

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