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A Strange Journey: Review of Atom Land
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Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physics
Book review in Publishers’ Weekly. Butterworth (Most Wanted Particle), a CERN alum and professor of physics at University College London, explains everything particle physics from antimatter to Z bosons in this charming trek through a landscape of “the otherwise invisible.” … Continue reading
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via A Map of the Invisible – Journeys into Particle Physics by Jon Butterworth
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“It’s Part II of our end of year specials, but Part I of those we recorded backstage at the Hammersmith Apollo as part of the Compendium of Reason gigs. Guests on this episode include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ben Goldacre, Helen Czerski, … Continue reading
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