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Engine Oils and Vanilla Sauces

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Have you ever asked yourself what the letters and numbers mean on engine oil cans? And why starch is such a good thickener for pudding sauces? Do you think that engine oils and pudding sauces have nothing in common?

God does not roll dice.

A. Einstein

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Elias, HG. (1987). Engine Oils and Vanilla Sauces. In: Mega Molecules. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71900-4_7

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