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.

What does it feel like when everyone else finds the Higgs, and you don’t?

A short film on the ups, but mainly downs, of a difficult search. A couple of weeks ago we hosted a small-ish meeting at UCL, the sixth “Boost” workshop. I’ve written about these before and I enjoy them a lot. It was great … Continue reading

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The Physics of Proton Therapy

At the Guardian.

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Smashing Physics

Reviewed by Peter Woit at Not Even Wrong.

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Life & Physics – in pictures

At the Guardian.

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