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.

James Stirling

Posted on 12/11/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Today I got the terrible news of the untimely death of Professor James Stirling. A distinguished particle physicist and until August the Provost of Imperial College London, he will be remembered with fondness and admiration by many. Even astronomers – … Continue reading →

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Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking – review

Posted on 12/11/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Back in the Guardian (well, the Observer actually) with a review of Stephen Hawking’s final book . A couple of paragraphs didn’t make the edit; no complaints from me about that, but I put them here mainly for the sake of … Continue reading →

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Dark Matters

Posted on 30/10/2018 by Jon Butterworth

This is great. I had nothing to do with it, it happened in the 95% of the Physics Department (and of the lives of my PhD students) about which I know nothing. I recommend you watch it and form your … Continue reading →

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The trouble-makers of particle physics

Posted on 24/10/2018 by Jon Butterworth

The chances are you have heard quite a bit about the Higgs boson. The goody-two-shoes of particle physics, it may have been hard to find, but when it was discovered it was just as the theory – the Standard Model … Continue reading →

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