Category Archives: Science

Fun with data

Posted on 22/06/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Quick one, rather than my usual finely-honed prose. I am very busy and am having lots of fun. We are writing papers on jet data from ATLAS. I love this, and as I tweeted I am just so impressed by … Continue reading →

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Survival of those that Fit

Posted on 09/06/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.6 of Smashing Physics. I noticed the other day that suddenly more people were looking at my blog. So it goes – Wordpress give you lots of cool graphs to obsess over. However, that particular demon is a mere … Continue reading →

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Wellcome to Physics

Posted on 23/05/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 2.3 of Smashing Physics. A couple of days ago I took part in a “packed lunch” discussion at the Wellcome Exhibition, about CERN, the LHC, and my work at UCL. A lot of fun. I turned up with … Continue reading →

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Labour and STFC

Posted on 29/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

So shortly after I wrote about the parties’ science policies and what their attitude to STFC might mean (here and here), Gordon Brown did reply to the CaSE letter, and also produced a science manifesto. He even specifically referred to … Continue reading →

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