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Finally, after much delay from the BBC, Marnie Chesterton's "What Is Quantum?" is being broadcast at 9.30 am on Radio 4 on Tues 30th Dec. Recorded on Helgoland in the summer, with input from the leading figures in quantum mechanics (and me).
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - What Is Quantum?
Marnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory armed with just one question
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Finally, after much delay from the BBC, Marnie Chesterton's "What Is Quantum?" is being broadcast at 9.30 am on Radio 4 on Tues 30th Dec. Recorded on Helgoland in the summer, with input from the leading figures in quantum mechanics (and me).
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I have what must be a VERY STUPID USS pension question. Back in March 2024 the defined benefit part of the scheme would pay me an annual income of £13,432.22. Today it shows £7,878. I thought these amounts are index-linked and inflation isn't negative so... how can they fall?
December 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I have what must be a VERY STUPID USS pension question. Back in March 2024 the defined benefit part of the scheme would pay me an annual income of £13,432.22. Today it shows £7,878. I thought these amounts are index-linked and inflation isn't negative so... how can they fall?
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
Accidentally opened the comments on a New Yorker IG post
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Accidentally opened the comments on a New Yorker IG post
As long as I don’t click this link I can keep imagining it’s Ebeneezer Goode
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
As long as I don’t click this link I can keep imagining it’s Ebeneezer Goode
From Norman Lewis' "Voices of the Old Sea". Sadly I can't find any online reference to this Geoffrey of Ipswich dude
August 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
From Norman Lewis' "Voices of the Old Sea". Sadly I can't find any online reference to this Geoffrey of Ipswich dude
TIL Dirac has a cone in Bristol. That is all www.about-bristol.co.uk/fam-12.php
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July 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
TIL Dirac has a cone in Bristol. That is all www.about-bristol.co.uk/fam-12.php
Quahog clams can live to an age of 500 years! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_(c...
Ming (clam) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Quahog clams can live to an age of 500 years! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_(c...
Agree that “screentime” is a useless notion. We need a snappy name for media with tight feedback loops designed to strip you of agency. The reason why TV is better than TikTok in this regard is that the former learns slowly and in aggregate what you like, not instantly and individually
“screens” in parenting is such an ill-defined topic — telly, computers, kindles, iPads (and then whatever they’re doing on them), “the internet”, social media… — and I think a lot of the backlash comes when people try to have one policy on all of them
June 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Agree that “screentime” is a useless notion. We need a snappy name for media with tight feedback loops designed to strip you of agency. The reason why TV is better than TikTok in this regard is that the former learns slowly and in aggregate what you like, not instantly and individually
We're swimming a 12 hour open air swim relay in the Jesus Green Lido in Cambridge! We're raising money for Level Water, an incredible charity that provides 1-to-1 swimming lessons for children with disabilities. Send us a few pounds if you can!
www.justgiving.com/page/wild-wets
www.justgiving.com/page/wild-wets
The Wild Wets fundraiser for Level Water
Help Austen Lamacraft raise money to support Level Water
www.justgiving.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We're swimming a 12 hour open air swim relay in the Jesus Green Lido in Cambridge! We're raising money for Level Water, an incredible charity that provides 1-to-1 swimming lessons for children with disabilities. Send us a few pounds if you can!
www.justgiving.com/page/wild-wets
www.justgiving.com/page/wild-wets
Enjoying all the updates from #Helgoland2025
bsky.app
June 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Enjoying all the updates from #Helgoland2025
I did @pintofscience.uk last week. My talk was about Heisenberg's abandonment of Newton's classical orbits 100 years ago on Helgoland. Around the time I found myself describing Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum as his pre-breakbout concept album I realised I might be a massive ham. Loved it
May 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I did @pintofscience.uk last week. My talk was about Heisenberg's abandonment of Newton's classical orbits 100 years ago on Helgoland. Around the time I found myself describing Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum as his pre-breakbout concept album I realised I might be a massive ham. Loved it
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Incredible work from everyone involved here
May 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Incredible work from everyone involved here
The whole discourse about LLMs to write / review / read science (or anything else)never seems to engage with the key question about what should replace the paper
Should LLMs be used to review papers? AAAI is piloting LLM-generated reviews this year. I wrote a blog post arguing that using LLMs as reviewers can have bad downstream consequences for science by centralizing judgments about what constitutes good research.
bryanwilder.github.io/files/llmrev...
bryanwilder.github.io/files/llmrev...
Equilibrium effects of LLM reviewing
Equilibrium effects of LLM reviewing
bryanwilder.github.io
May 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The whole discourse about LLMs to write / review / read science (or anything else)never seems to engage with the key question about what should replace the paper
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With thanks @thamesandhudson.bsky.social, we have a copy of REPAST by @jennylinford.bsky.social to give away with one of our 9" sauteuse prospector casseroles, worth £118. Follow us, share this post and then find entry details here
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
With thanks @thamesandhudson.bsky.social, we have a copy of REPAST by @jennylinford.bsky.social to give away with one of our 9" sauteuse prospector casseroles, worth £118. Follow us, share this post and then find entry details here
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions
Spotted in Cambridge: a sleek BMW with the number plate UKRI. Brilliant
May 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Spotted in Cambridge: a sleek BMW with the number plate UKRI. Brilliant
The new bane of my existence is being emailed for feedback after visiting a restaurant. What is the best way of avoiding this pox?
May 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The new bane of my existence is being emailed for feedback after visiting a restaurant. What is the best way of avoiding this pox?
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It smells of rejection, grading, and committee work
May 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It smells of rejection, grading, and committee work
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🎬… and cut. We are done recording lectures for my course “Quantum Computational Physics”.
Tune in if you want to do “quantum on quantum”: concepts, algorithms, and practical computational skills to simulate quantum many-body systems on digital quantum computing platforms.
vimeo.com/showcase/Qua...
Tune in if you want to do “quantum on quantum”: concepts, algorithms, and practical computational skills to simulate quantum many-body systems on digital quantum computing platforms.
vimeo.com/showcase/Qua...
January 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🎬… and cut. We are done recording lectures for my course “Quantum Computational Physics”.
Tune in if you want to do “quantum on quantum”: concepts, algorithms, and practical computational skills to simulate quantum many-body systems on digital quantum computing platforms.
vimeo.com/showcase/Qua...
Tune in if you want to do “quantum on quantum”: concepts, algorithms, and practical computational skills to simulate quantum many-body systems on digital quantum computing platforms.
vimeo.com/showcase/Qua...
We'll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Theory of Condensed Matter group in Cambridge on 25th July! Here's the booking page if you are interesting in attending. Reposts appreciated
Hoping to see many alumni and friends of the group there!
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/theor...
Hoping to see many alumni and friends of the group there!
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/theor...
Theory of Condensed Matter 70th Anniversary
Join us in celebrating the 70th Anniversary of TCM at the new Ray Dolby Centre.
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We'll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Theory of Condensed Matter group in Cambridge on 25th July! Here's the booking page if you are interesting in attending. Reposts appreciated
Hoping to see many alumni and friends of the group there!
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/theor...
Hoping to see many alumni and friends of the group there!
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/theor...
Posted without (performative) comment
April 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Posted without (performative) comment
A wonderful letter from a neigbour of Dirac's in Cambridge grahamfarmelo.com/dirac-family...
The Dirac family – by a friendly neighbour in Cambridge - Graham Farmelo
New insights into the extraordinary Dirac family emerge in a remarkable letter by Rosemary McGregor-Wood, who lived directly opposite them in Cavendish Avenue. Dirac family in c. 1946 Read Mo...
grahamfarmelo.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A wonderful letter from a neigbour of Dirac's in Cambridge grahamfarmelo.com/dirac-family...
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New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !
March 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !