Space Oddities

A cracking tale of particle physics and cosmology … Space Oddities is a rare joy – enlightening, thrilling and inspiring. * New Scientist *
Space Oddities is as fascinating as its title suggests. Anomalies are always interesting, sometimes fascinating, and occasionally revelatory, and Harry Cliff recounts with vivid clarity the stories of some of the most striking oddnesses that have lit up the landscape of modern physics. I enjoyed it enormously. – Philip Pullman
Cliff’s engaging and personable writings style, along with his infectious enthusiasm, follows in the best traditions of Feynman and Sagan. – Jim Al-Khalili
Superb … Cliff’s lucid explanations do a remarkable job of making the complicated physics accessible and even exciting … A first-rate dispatch from the cutting edge of physics * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
Cliff’s optimism, light sense of humour, and enthusiasm for his subject shine through … An authoritative investigation of emerging scientific problems * Kirkus Reviews *
Cliff converts complex physics into eminently readable popular science. * Booklist *
Fascinating … Geared toward curious lay readers willing to be challenged with mind-bending scientific puzzles … clear explanations, a sprinkling of humou, and a dash of poetry * LIbrary Journal *

Harry Cliff is a particle physicist based at the University of Cambridge and carries out research with the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. He was a curator at the Science Museum, London for seven years and regularly gives public lectures and makes TV and radio appearances. His 2015 TED talk ‘Have We Reached the End of Physics?’ has been viewed nearly 3 million times. He is the author of How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch.

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