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    Jul 15, 2021 4 minutes

    How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch

    Harry Cliff

    Picador

    £20 • HB

    Unless you’re a big fan of the late astronomer Carl Sagan, you might be at first puzzled about whether the title of this book, by particle physicist Dr Harry Cliff, actually belongs on the same shelf as other popular physics books. I would say, however, that this is one of the best books of that genre I have read.

    Starting with an apple pie, Cliff works backwards, breaking down the ingredients to their elements, then atoms, and keeps on going to describe what we believe is happening on the smallest of scales. This book is a wonderful exploration into the origins of matter –

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