How to make an apple pie from scratch : in search of the recipe for our universe, from the origins of atoms to the big bang /

How to make an apple pie from scratch : in search of the recipe for our universe, from the origins of atoms to the big bang / Harry Cliff.

"By an experimental physicist who works on the Large Hadron Collider, a mind-altering look at the foundational questions bedeviling modern physics, among them: Where does matter come from? Carl Sagan famously said, "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cliff, Harry (Harry Victor) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Particles (Nuclear physics) > Popular works.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Instructional and educational works.
Creative nonfiction.
Popular works.
Table of Contents:
  • Elementary cooking
  • The smallest slice
  • The ingredients of atoms
  • Smashed nuclei
  • Thermonuclear ovens
  • Starstuff
  • The ultimate cosmic cooker
  • How to cook a proton
  • What is a particle, really?
  • The final ingredient
  • The recipe for everything
  • The missing ingredients
  • Invent the universe
  • The end?
  • How to make an apple pie from scratch.

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