Category Archives: Politics

More choice is not always better

Posted on 23/09/2012 by Jon Butterworth

For the past month I’ve been embroiled in two independent, vital, strategic decision-making processes. What school should my son go to next, and what might the future of particle physics be? Game theory has a cautionary tale Choice of school … Continue reading →

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Impact? I want an interstellar Higgs drive please

Posted on 16/07/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 9.1 of Smashing Physics.

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World have your say

Posted on 04/07/2012 by Jon Butterworth

On the day we announced the Higgs discovery I was on the BBC World Service. Not the greatest experience… From Smashing Physics: The last of the media engagements I did that day was a BBC World Service radio programme called … Continue reading →

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David Willetts: I’m just a science minister, not a particle physicist

Posted on 01/07/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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