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Category Archives: Science
Fourier analysis and the Uncertainty Principle
As I mentioned here, I was one of many contributors to the Cosmic Shambles “Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People” extravaganza just before Christmas. My bit was a short physics chat trying to give some insight into how … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Physics, Science
Tagged Cosmic Shambles, Dave Coplin, Diesel, Fourier Analysis, ninelessons, Pete Etchells, quantum mechanics, Zahara
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Father Christmas is beyond the Standard Model
Clearly a true statement, on which I slightly expanded on the Today Programme this morning.
LHC Physics at Ten
It is just over ten years since the Large Hadron Collider first bust the energy records and gave us a higher resolution glimpse into the structure of matter than had ever been possible before.
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science
Tagged ATLAS, Boost, CERN, CMS, Corinne Pralavorio, LHC, LHCb
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Nine Lessons 24
I was privileged to be part of this, and the wrap-up/running order is now up at the Cosmic Shambles Network. Top quote “If this whole thing reads like a weird fever dream. It was.” Some highlights will be up there … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Science, Silly
Tagged Charles Dickens, Cosmic Shambles, Jacob Rees-Mogg, ninelessons, Robin Ince
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