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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.

Nobel prize in physics: it’s not too soon for a Higgs boson to win it

At the Guardian.

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Jiggling atoms

By Jon Butterworth and Ben Still at the Guardian.

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More choice is not always better

For the past month I’ve been embroiled in two independent, vital, strategic decision-making processes. What school should my son go to next, and what might the future of particle physics be? Game theory has a cautionary tale Choice of school … Continue reading →

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Particle physics: Beyond the Higgs

The Higgs boson is not the end of the story. There is more to map in the new world of extreme physics, says Jon Butterworth. In Nature.

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