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.

Cocktail Update: Penicillin and Sidecar

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Experts

It has been a bit of a week. I am just back from the Congress Centre – which is a hall underneath Congress House, the headquarters of the TUC – where I was a late stand-in as a speaker on … Continue reading

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Cocktail update: Martinez

According to the book I got for Christmas, this is the “missing link between the Manhattan and the Martini”, and dates back to 1884. Tastewise, ithat description works for me, as does the cocktail itself.

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HAPPy Days

If you are interested in the History and Philosophy of Physics, this 10th anniversary commemorative volume from the Oxford Centre for History and Philosophy of Physics might contain treats, possibly including a write up from me of a talk I … Continue reading

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