Category Archives: Rambling

Resonance: Music from the Large Hadron Collider

Posted on 18/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

This blog is going a bit musical over the next few days. Watch out for Lily on sonification soon. But right now, a taster of the ATLAS CD. It’s not only heavy metal, though we have that too. At the … Continue reading →

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Murray Gell-Mann on ditching what ‘everybody knows’

Posted on 24/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

He started from the patterns of particles created by cosmic rays, took a name from James Joyce, and changed the way we see fundamental physics. Video at The Guardian.

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Biological Particle Accelerators

Posted on 21/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Biological accelerations of 36,000 times the acceleration due to gravity in this month’s CERN Courier. At The Guardian.

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String theory and colour-field splash

Posted on 16/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Using images and art to try and understand science can be helpful, misleading, flaky or fun. But it seems to be inescapable. So on a relaxing Saturday morning, where the fact that my daughter and I are recuperating from colds … Continue reading →

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