Frank Close was born in 1945 AD in Peterborough, he was awarded the OBE, and he is Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Exeter College. He is the author of several bestselling books such as: The Lucifer Legacy, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, The New Cosmic Onion, The Particle Explosion, The End, Extremely Thorny, and "The Particle Saga" and "Antimatter". He made several achievements, including: - Order of the British Empire at the rank of officer. Fellowship of the Institute of Physics in 1991. Kelvin Prize in 1996. - Vice-President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1993-99. - Head of the British team in the International Physics Olympiad since 2003. - Michael Faraday Award in 2013.