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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.

Am I a geek?

Posted on 26/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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The matter that’s not not not there

Posted on 25/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Our local dark matter stages a comeback Astronomers study the motion of stars in galaxies, as they twist and rotate under each other’s gravitational attraction. The motion throws up a long-standing puzzle in astrophysics: The way the stars move indicates … Continue reading →

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Particle physics: A reminder of the beauty we know

Posted on 24/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

In Nature.

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Fed up with imperial

Posted on 19/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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