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.

MMR and me

Posted on 19/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

I have a doctorate in physics. My wife has one in chemistry. We have an 11-year-old son, who should have got his MMR jab in 2003 A lot has been written about the MMR scare of just over a decade … Continue reading →

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(Don’t) Respect my Authority

Posted on 13/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

A venue, a role, an award, can lend authority. But it’s only a loan. At the Guardian.

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Iain M Banks, and what we might be when we have nothing to fear

Posted on 03/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

The Culture is wonderful. And, sadly, still fiction At the Guardian.

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Speckled eggs and the early universe

Posted on 26/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

‘The deviations were there way before that… That’s what makes this so cool.’ Ed Copeland explains Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and the Planck results Still wondering exactly why Planck’s speckled-egg pictures are so wonderful? Here’s a typically relaxed and clear explanation by Ed … Continue reading →

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