All life on earth (and likely all life anywhere) is based on the element carbon. Of all the atoms (all the elements) in the universe, it’s the only one with the right sort of characteristics… It can all get a bit technical at this point, but suffice to say that whereas many types of atom like to pair up or combine with a few others, carbon is a positive ‘party animal’!!..

Doing my research for God’s Cosmic Cookbook, the biggest ‘WOW moments’ came as I stumbled on more and more examples of universe fine-tuning… the natural laws and parameters that had to be exactly and precisely right for a universe to exist and produce life.

Did they make me religious????

When God’s Cosmic Cookbook was first published, several people asked if any of the science had surprised me… ‘Had it given me any WOW moments?’

That was easy – YES!

I’m not a big believer in new year resolutions, but, if I was to have to choose one for 2025 it would be not to get discouraged by the noisy Christian faction who seem to view modern science as somehow a threat to our faith...

If you think it’s important for kids to see science and faith as complementary, not conflicting, God’s Cosmic Cookbook could be exactly the Christmas present you are looking for. With its state-of-the-art science, laugh-out loud humour and accessible language, it is a great book to read with children or for them to read on their own.