Category Archives: Arts

Lucretius

Posted on 20/12/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Discussing Lucretius’ ideas and their relevance to life and physics today, with Naomi Alderman, for “Science Stories” on Radio 4. I learned a lot making and listening to this. Nice work. Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms  

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The Standard Model – TEDEd Lesson

Posted on 15/11/2018 by Jon Butterworth

I may have mentioned before, the Standard Model is about 50 years old now. It embodies a huge amount of human endeavour and understanding, and I try to explain it in my book, A Map of the Invisible (or Atom … Continue reading →

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James Stirling

Posted on 12/11/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Today I got the terrible news of the untimely death of Professor James Stirling. A distinguished particle physicist and until August the Provost of Imperial College London, he will be remembered with fondness and admiration by many. Even astronomers – … Continue reading →

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Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking – review

Posted on 12/11/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Back in the Guardian (well, the Observer actually) with a review of Stephen Hawking’s final book . A couple of paragraphs didn’t make the edit; no complaints from me about that, but I put them here mainly for the sake of … Continue reading →

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