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How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe
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Author:
Harry Cliff
Publisher:
Doubleday
Date:
August 10, 2021
Carl Sagan famously said, 'If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.' But what fundamental matter is the universe made of? In this book, Harry Cliff, a University of Cambridge particle physicist, sets out in pursuit of answers.
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Cliff is an expert writer who artfully takes on a complex subject in a comprehensible, entertaining, and humorous manner. He even describes his own childhood attempt to uncover the chemical composition of an apple pie. This fascinating work is highly recommended..
Cliff expertly mixes chemistry, physics, a dash of astronomy, and an abundance of humor, offering everyone interested in baking and the universe the most thorough and wonderfully appealing apple pie recipe of all time (at least for the last 13.8-billion years!).
... entertainingly accurate.
Cliff takes readers on an enthusiastic tour of the universe and modern physics in this enlightening survey.
