Category Archives: Physics

Relativistic kinematics for musicians

Posted on 23/05/2012 by lilyasquith

Also at the Guardian. A couple of years ago I became involved in a grand plan to make sounds out of LHC data. We called this project LHCsound. Recently we have revisited the idea with the aim of listening to … Continue reading →

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Why are harps harp-shaped?

Posted on 12/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.3 of Smashing Physics.

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Your hand in the Large Hadron Collider 2: The Sequel

Posted on 02/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Displacement activity

Posted on 30/04/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Well, I can’t get into my Guardian site, because of some VPN and password mix up. And yet I desperately need to write something to take my mind off the derby this evening. So here I am, back again. Today … Continue reading →

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