Category Archives: Philosophy

On Pauli and the interconnectedness of all things

Posted on 28/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Do all the electrons in the universe really move about imperceptibly when Brian Cox rubs a diamond, and is it anything to do with the Pauli exclusion principle? At the Guardian.

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Gaming the system? Neutrinos, theorists and citations

Posted on 25/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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How did this get on the science page?

Posted on 24/01/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Quantum computers, galaxies and Schroedinger’s guinea pig

Posted on 18/01/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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