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One day we are healthy and strong, the next sick or spiritually broken. <em>Smelt<\/em>explores this fascinating similarity found in phases in nature and in the human experience. <strong>Natasha Harmse<\/strong> talks to Pepler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Pepler\u2019s latest book is about change. Systems, whether complex or simple, remain stable until an external influence causes the entire system to undergo a phase change: ice becomes water, water becomes steam. This phenomenon also applies to humans. One day we are stable and happy, the next we are shattered. 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