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.

Richard Feynman’s Centenary

Posted on 17/05/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Interview with Adam Rutherford on BBC Inside Science.

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What time is it and why?

Posted on 08/05/2018 by Jon Butterworth

The particles of which the universe is made don’t much care which way time goes. But we do, and so do the stars and the planets. At the Guardian.

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Letter in the Sunday Times

Posted on 25/02/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Of which I wrote on average about 1/8 of a character… See here.

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How much mass does the W boson have?

Posted on 20/02/2018 by Jon Butterworth

And why it matters Whenever I describe the fundamental forces to an audience that does not entirely consist of other particle physicists (happens more often that you might think), it is the weak force that causes trouble. Electromagnetism holds atoms … Continue reading →

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