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From the stars to the gutter: Mail’s ‘diversity’ jibe sullies big bang news

Posted on 20/03/2014 by Jon Butterworth

The human race can reach so high, and stoop so low. On Monday we got exciting new data from the BICEP2 experiment on gravitational waves and the origins of the universe, discussed accessibly by world experts on major news programmes. … Continue reading →

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Deciding on Science

Posted on 16/02/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Nobel prize: well done Higgs theorists but what about the experimenters?

Posted on 08/10/2013 by Jon Butterworth

Full credit to Higgs and Englert for Cern Large Hadron Collider discovery, but the Nobel falsely promotes view of ‘lone genius’ At the Guardian. See also Chapter 9.3 of Smashing Physics.

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Göttingen to Geneva, an interlude

Posted on 19/06/2013 by Jon Butterworth

Spoiler: I caught my plane Something has gone a bit wrong with the Deutsche Bahn (DB). Of the last six trains I have tried to take, two were cancelled and three were delayed, including the one I am currently on. … Continue reading →

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