Category Archives: Physics

One Year On

Posted on 02/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Posted on The Guardian, 2/1/2010.

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Working Title

Posted on 12/12/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Physicists are quite good at retro-fitting acronyms. But Jimmy knows, it has its limits. Particle physics projects come in two types. There are the fancy names, and the tedious acronyms. Sometimes they are both. LHC (or The LHC) is obviously in … Continue reading →

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Colliding Particles: Episode 7

Posted on 27/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Featuring amongst others Nicolas Sarkozy, Fabiola Gianotti, Colin Blakemore at “Science is Vital”, Adam’s PhD viva and a big fountain. And what exactly the big deal is about nanotechnology.

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Boredom: symmetry, god and x-factor

Posted on 27/11/2010 by lilyasquith

Also at The Guardian. I gather that my last post wasn’t very popular- I emailed it to my mother and she emailed me back with a story about Benedict Cumberbatch (it was a good one) and thanks for the advent … Continue reading →

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