Category Archives: Arts

Catching up

Posted on 15/03/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I have been too distracted to write much lately. This is partly due to the demoralising backdrop of UK politics, and partly because I have been having fun with physics and related matters. This is a quick catch up on … Continue reading →

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Review: A Map of the Invisible: Journeys Into Particle Physics by Jon Butterworth

Posted on 23/02/2019 by Jon Butterworth
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What to focus on. Where to look for the science.

Posted on 11/02/2019 by Jon Butterworth

“Broken Symmetries” is an art exhibition at FACT in Liverpool. Spread over galleries on two levels, it provides an audio and visual immersion in a strange frontier of knowledge and its echoes and resonances in wider culture. The artwork is … Continue reading →

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Theory, experiment and supersymmetry

Posted on 29/12/2018 by Jon Butterworth

I am dismayed by the plethora of null results coming out of my experiment, as well as from our friendly rivals, at the Large Hadron Collider. Don’t get me wrong, null results are important and it is a strength of … Continue reading →

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