Category Archives: Physics

The Tevatron goes bump

Posted on 09/04/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 5.3 of Smashing Physics.

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My favourite particle: the neutrino

Posted on 02/04/2011 by lilyasquith

Also at The Guardian. I started writing about neutrinos because I love them. They are quite magical really; the Universe is completely swarming with them (they are the second most abundant particle after photons) but we know practically nothing about … Continue reading →

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My favourite particle: the proton

Posted on 26/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.5 of Smashing Physics.

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“He completely lost me on gravity”

Posted on 23/03/2011 by lilyasquith

At The Guardian. I got a typically hilarious email from my wonderful mother this morning. Tempted as I am to copy and pasted the email into this blog, it would ruin my retirement plan to publish a compendium of every … Continue reading →

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