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" I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food. "

Nathan Myhrvold

Heat

Cook

Food

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Nathan Myhrvold

Intelligence

People

" An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job. "

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" Our goal was to show people a vision of food they hadn't seen before. So, I had this idea of... let's cut all these things in half, and show a picture of the food in the pan, in the oven. "

" For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want. "

Nathan Myhrvold

Cool

Earth

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" The best value for money in cooking equipment, in my mind, is first a digital scale and digital thermometer. They're both about $20. They help you cook so much more accurately that they're both enormously valuable. "

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" If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention. "

Nathan Myhrvold

Popularity

Want

" Life has not been boring for me. "

Nathan Myhrvold

Been

Boring

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" The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen. "

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