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.

Real physicists do it in latex

Posted on 06/07/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.2 of Smashing Physics.

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Technophobia and Scotch Eggs

Posted on 03/07/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Quantum Fields and Missing Quotes

Posted on 19/06/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 5.6 of Smashing Physics.

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Are quarks real? A philosophical interlude

Posted on 17/06/2011 by Jon Butterworth

By Michaek Kramer. At the Guardian.

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