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Jon Butterworth
Jon Butterworth is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London and a member of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland. He writes the Life and Physics blog for the Guardian, has written articles for a range of publications including the BBC and New Scientist, and is also the author of Most Wanted Particle, shortlisted for Book of the Year by Physics World. He was awarded the Chadwick Medal of the Institute of Physics in 2013 for his pioneering experimental and phenomenological work in high-energy particle physics. For the last fifteen years, he has divided his time between London and Geneva.
The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics
by Jon Butterworth, Lisa Randall (Foreword)
by Jon Butterworth, Lisa Randall (Foreword)
Hardcover | $24.95 US / $37.95 CAN
The discovery of the Higgs boson has brought us a giant step closer to understanding how our universe works. But before the Higgs was found, its existence was hotly debated. Even Peter Higgs, who first pictured it, did not expect … Continue reading →
The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics
by Jon Butterworth, Lisa Randall (Foreword)
by Jon Butterworth, Lisa Randall (Foreword)
Paperback | $15.95 US / $23.95 CAN
Particle physics as we know it depends on the Higgs boson: It’s the missing link between the birth of our universe—as a sea of tiny, massless particles—and the tangible world we live in today. But for more than 50 years, … Continue reading →
A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physics
by Jon Butterworth
by Jon Butterworth
Paper over Boards | $19.95 US / $25.95 CAN
Welcome to Atom Land, the impossibly small world of quantum physics. With award-winning physicist Jon Butterworth as your guide, you’ll set sail from Port Electron in search of strange new terrain. Each discovery will expand the horizons of your trusty … Continue reading →
A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physics
by Jon Butterworth
by Jon Butterworth
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN
Welcome to Atom Land, a subatomic realm governed by the laws of particle physics. Here, electromagnetism is a highway system; the strong force, a railway; the weak force, an airline. With award-winning physicist Jon Butterworth as your guide, you’ll set … Continue reading →
