Tag Archives: UCL

When A times B isn’t B times A

Posted on 29/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Paul Dirac: The Matrix has you. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 7.4 of Smashing Physics.

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Antarctic balloon sees particles with a million times more energy than the Large Hadron Collider

Posted on 30/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

The ANITA experiment is designed to look for neutrinos, but saw 16 ultra-high-energy cosmic rays by mistake. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.4 of Smashing Physics.

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Peter Higgs, UCL and the Right Honorable William Waldegrave

Posted on 07/09/2010 by Jon Butterworth

We’re not just looking for his boson, we also gave him a fellowship and explained his mechanism to William Waldegrave. At The Guardian.

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