Tag Archives: Guardian

The Spiegelei Incident

Posted on 30/05/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Ah! the Eurovision cheers from Hamburg… And a  song with physics in the lyric wins. Having had my brain melted by the whole thing (see twitter stream…) I think I am now infatuated with a 19-year old German with a … Continue reading →

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Minimum Bias

Posted on 22/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

[29/3/2010 An article based on this, benefiting from Ian Sample’s excellent editorial help, went on the Guardian site. See also Chapter 2.2 of Smashing Physics.] As of Friday morning, the LHC is accelerating protons to an energy three-and-a-half times higher … Continue reading →

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Dreamt of in your philosophy

Posted on 16/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

I strive to retain respect for philosophy and philosophers, really I do. Some of my best friends are philosophers. I’d hate to dismiss a whole area of intellectual endeavour as a sterile playground for clever wasters creating and demolishing pointless … Continue reading →

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