Tag Archives: UCL

Six good things about the REF

Posted on 22/11/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Dark Energy, and Matter, Surveys

Posted on 03/09/2013 by Jon Butterworth

A quickie, too long for a tweet… If you want to know more about the Guardian’s No.1 big science question , you could do a lot worse than listen to the podcast of my UCL colleagues Ofer Lahav and Chamkaur … Continue reading →

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Feynman: his birthday, his diagrams and his lectures

Posted on 12/05/2013 by Jon Butterworth

Yesterday was the 95th anniversary of the birth of Richard Feynman, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. An excuse for an unusual party At the Guardian. See also Chapter 8.3 of Smashing Physics.

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Why I use twitter

Posted on 24/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

Here’s a quick talk I did on why (in 2013) I use twitter. Opinions subject to change.

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