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Lego ATLAS: Your chance to build one of the detectors that found the Higgs
At the Guardian.
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science
Tagged CERN
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Göttingen to Geneva, an interlude
Spoiler: I caught my plane Something has gone a bit wrong with the Deutsche Bahn (DB). Of the last six trains I have tried to take, two were cancelled and three were delayed, including the one I am currently on. … Continue reading
Fairytale of New Physics
There seems to be a minor rash of polemic at the moment on the theme “aren’t scientists deluded/betraying science/living in fairytale-land”. Read more at the Guardian.
Posted in Particle Physics, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged audio, BBC, books, Higgs, Jim Baggott, Lee Smolin, Les Houches, Start the Week
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Consciousness; it’s a science thing
At the Guardian.
Posted in Philosophy, Science
Tagged CERN, TED, video
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