Tag Archives: Relativity

Weak gravitational lensing and weak arguments

Posted on 23/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Bending of light by dark matter is a vital observational tool in cosmology. So if you are going to use cosmology to accuse financial institutions of a “blind faith in maths”, you might at least google it first. At The … Continue reading →

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Twins and a tea pom-pom: mystery physics “answers”

Posted on 20/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At The Guardian.

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Today’s mystery physics for you to identify

Posted on 19/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Posted on The Guardian 19/1/2011.

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Murray Gell-Mann on ditching what ‘everybody knows’

Posted on 24/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

He started from the patterns of particles created by cosmic rays, took a name from James Joyce, and changed the way we see fundamental physics. Video at The Guardian.

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