Category Archives: Arts

Consider Feynman in all his manifestations

Posted on 09/10/2019 by Jon Butterworth

If you click on the “Richard Feynman” tag of this blog you will find he features quite often. He was a great physicist who had an enormous impact on the field in general and on particle physics in particular (no … Continue reading →

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île des Quarks

Posted on 08/10/2019 by Jon Butterworth

Ok, this is basically a boast post, but I just got the French edition of “A Map of the Invisible” (actually they went with the US title and layout, so “Atom Land”) and I am very pleased with it. https://twitter.com/jonmbutterworth/status/1181227685407842305

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Nature Careers: Working Scientist podcast

Posted on 15/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I talked to Julie Gould for Nature recently, about the challenges of working on big collaborations, of doing physics in the media spotlight, on why LHC had more impact with the public than LEP, and more. (I also occasionally manage … Continue reading →

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Space Shed at Latitude

Posted on 11/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I did an interview with Jon Spooner, Director of Human Space Flight at the Unlimited Space Agency at Latitude 2018. It is now available as a podcast, which you can listen to here (Series 1, Episode 3). It is intended to … Continue reading →

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