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Cross Reference
I once saw a reference letter that a Senior Physicist had written for a colleague I had worked with closely. The letter compared my colleague to me, along the lines of “X is as good as Jon at Y, but … Continue reading →
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Physics Stories, Writing
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Tagged Physics World, Tim Tait
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#PhysicistsAtHome
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 →
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics Stories, Rambling
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Tagged ATLAS, Coronavirus, Elias Coniativis, Elias Coniavitis, Katarina Anthony, Lonely Chairs at CERN, Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez, UCL, video
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Nature Careers: Working Scientist podcast
I talked to Julie Gould for Nature recently, about the challenges of working on big collaborations, of doing physics in the media spotlight, on why LHC had more impact with the public than LEP, and more. (I also occasionally manage … Continue reading →
Posted in Education, Physics, Physics Stories, Rambling, Science
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Tagged audio, CERN, Les Houches, LHC, Nature
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers
I have reviewed Graham Farmelo’s new book for Nature. You can find the full review here. Mathematics, physics and the relationship between the two is a fascinating topic which sparks much discussion. The review only came out this morning and … Continue reading →
Posted in History, Physics, Physics Stories, Science, Writing
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Graham Farmelo, James Clerk Maxwell, Nature, Paul Dirac, Peter Woit, reviews
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