Author Archives: Jon Butterworth

About Jon Butterworth

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

Quite a turn

Posted on 23/02/2021 by Jon Butterworth

Early this evening, when I had finished an afternoon of interviewing PhD candidates over zoom, I set off to meet my wife, who had, for her approved exercise, gone walking over Hampstead Heath. I phoned her to check the route … Continue reading →

Posted in Rambling, Silly | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Bayeaux Zoom Meeting

Posted on 07/02/2021 by Jon Butterworth

Just thought I’d leave this here.

Posted in Rambling, Silly, Technology | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Bayeaux Zoom Meeting

Fourier analysis and the Uncertainty Principle

Posted on 02/01/2021 by Jon Butterworth

As I mentioned here, I was one of many contributors to the Cosmic Shambles “Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People” extravaganza just before Christmas. My bit was a short physics chat trying to give some insight into how … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts, Physics, Science | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Father Christmas is beyond the Standard Model

Posted on 23/12/2020 by Jon Butterworth

Clearly a true statement, on which I slightly expanded on the Today Programme this morning.

Posted in Physics, Silly | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment