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.

Nine Lessons and Carols 2017

The mix of comedy, science and music returned.

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Review of A Map of the Invisible by Marcus Chown in Times Higher Education

No spoilers…

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A day of xenon collisions at CERN

On Friday, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN had a day of smashing xenon nuclei together, a departure from its usual diet of protons or lead At the Guardian.

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Could the theory which predicted gravitational waves be wrong?

At the Guardian.

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