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.

As we enter the quantum era: Perimeter lecture

Posted on 05/10/2016 by Jon Butterworth

The public lecture series at Canada’s Perimeter Institute begins again, with a talk from Michele Mosca on how quantum physics is having an increasing effect on technology, and therefore on our everyday lives At the Guardian.

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Dark Matter: Did we just hear the most exciting phrase in science?

Posted on 02/10/2016 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Could the Higgs boson have been discovered by accident?

Posted on 18/09/2016 by Jon Butterworth

We have a tendency to oversimplify complicated issues. Sometimes this gives useful clarity, but more frequently it gives a distorted impression of what I am stubborn enough to call the truth. Clarity can be seductive, but is disastrously misleading if it … Continue reading →

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Is this the plot with the most physics?

Posted on 11/09/2016 by Jon Butterworth

A long-ish read about a plot with lots of physics. Not the plot of a film or a novel but, you know, a plot! I began writing this somewhere between Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore, on the way home after week … Continue reading →

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