Category Archives: Rambling

Today I Learned

Posted on 19/04/2020 by Jon Butterworth

Hampstead Heath Constabulary appear to have taken on the role of personal trainers to the community. As I took my officially-sanctioned exercise (stroll) today, one of them was driving very slowly along the paths wide enough to accommodate his car, … Continue reading →

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#PhysicistsAtHome

Posted on 21/03/2020 by Jon Butterworth

Katarina Anthony and the education and outreach team of the ATLAS experiment have started soliciting short videos from across our collaboration (and hence across the world) as we all hunker down and try to work from home during the Coronavirus … Continue reading →

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Things beginning with P

Posted on 09/11/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I occasionally get asked, since the LHC is not currently providing collisions, what we’re actually doing now. Answers include Protons, Papers, Poppadoms, Preparation, Python, Pictures and Philip Pullman.

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île des Quarks

Posted on 08/10/2019 by Jon Butterworth

Ok, this is basically a boast post, but I just got the French edition of “A Map of the Invisible” (actually they went with the US title and layout, so “Atom Land”) and I am very pleased with it. Ooh … Continue reading →

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