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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.

Collective Effects

Posted on 28/09/2019 by Jon Butterworth

There are interesting developments at the moment on the borders between particle physics and nuclear physics, in the study of hot dense blobs of matter made of quarks and gluons.

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Scientific Exile?

Posted on 09/09/2019 by Jon Butterworth

This article in the Guardian describes a situation which is already happening. I have personally been in two recent scientific/training network planning meetings in which UK leadership was ruled out as a possibility (by mutual agreement) as too risky in the … Continue reading →

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Being English abroad, 2019

Posted on 26/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

My weekend was mostly spent on the French side of border country, experiencing serial incidents of Englishness. On Saturday we went to a lake and swam. There was a French guy who seemed to be staring at me while I … Continue reading →

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MMR and me. And propaganda.

Posted on 21/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

Originally posted on Life and Physics:
I have a doctorate in physics. My wife has one in chemistry. We have an 11-year-old son, who should have got his MMR jab in 2003 A lot has been written about the MMR…

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