Category Archives: Physics

Having the Higgs in the room

Posted on 22/04/2011 by lilyasquith

Also at The Guardian It is a beautiful thing that Peter Higgs did. He took a very complicated description of reality that explained some things so well it could not be ignored, and utterly failed to explain other things, things … Continue reading →

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Putting the Higgs Boson in its place

Posted on 17/04/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.7 of Smashing Physics.

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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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