The meaning of exponential

Posted on 20/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Is there a shadow universe?

Posted on 16/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

IMG1760 Last October, with the “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman” team, I spent hours on the London Eye talking about spin,  and nearby cafes drawing Feynman diagrams with sugar….IMG1759.  and apparently that episode, called “Is there a shadow universe” is on tonight. I wonder what, if any, footage made it in? I hope it’s good.

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It could save my children, but I don’t want to know

Posted on 16/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Two years ago the discovery of the Higgs boson was announced. What’s new?

Posted on 05/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

Two years ago yesterday the discovery of a new boson – later confirmed as the Higgs – was announced at CERN, as the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) began in Melbourne. This week, ICHEP is underway again, this time in Valencia. What’s new?

At the Guardian.

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