Category Archives: Science Policy

Science is not political, except when it is

Posted on 26/12/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Scientific results are special, and can only be challenged on scientific grounds. But their effect… that’s a different story. At the Guardian.  

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Osborne on science

Posted on 09/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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This house would open all areas of knowledge to scientific investigation

Posted on 23/10/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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…if there was no physics, these sectors would not exist…

Posted on 19/10/2012 by Jon Butterworth

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

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