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.

Evidence and education: It’s not about Gove v Marx

If Gove says he wants evidence, his challenge should be taken up. He should get it. And he should accept that some of it might not confirm his prejudices. That’s evidence for you At the Guardian.

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The philosophy of the Higgs

By Michael Krämer, at the Guardian.

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Searching for supersymmetry: some frustration but no despair

By Michael Krämer, at the Guardian.

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Birth of a new particle

From the switch-on of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider through rumours, hints, discovery and now increasingly precise measurements. The Higgs boson – so far – in a real data animation from ATLAS Read on at the Guardian.

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