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Heading off to ICHEP

Posted on 22/07/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.4 of Smashing Physics. I’m writing this on the Eurostar at St.Pancras, waiting for it to pull out of the station and take us to Paris, and the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP). Of course there … Continue reading →

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Quarks, Gluons and Jets

Posted on 18/07/2010 by Jon Butterworth

An updated version of this post is now on The Guardian. See also the glossary section after Chapter 1.5 of Smashing Physics. Yesterday we (ATLAS) released our first (preliminary) jet cross section measurement. “Cross section” in this context is basically … Continue reading →

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Impromptu Simon Jenkins spoof rallies the defenders of science

Posted on 28/06/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Some spoofs of Simon Jenkins following on from this.

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A Mammoth of Research

Posted on 25/06/2010 by Jon Butterworth

You know, there’s so much science on TV and in the papers these days. I mean, I share in the glory of science every bit as much as people who actually work at it. I certainly know much more than … Continue reading →

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