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LIKE the universe in Alice’s looking glass, there exists a mirror world to our own – an antiworld built from antiparticles that congregate into antiatoms, antimolecules and possibly even antilife. This is the world of antimatter, and there could be no better guide to its strange landscape than physicist Frank Close. In this beautifully written book, Close elucidates the mysteries behind matter’s doppelgänger – from its theoretical underpinnings, to its experimental triumphs, and its practical applications, such as the use of antiparticles in brain imaging technology. Close explains how to tell if an alien civilisation is…
