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It was written by Andy Weir, the same guy who wrote The Martian, which went on to be a successful film starring Matt Damon.
Similar storyline; guy is stranded alone in space, has to science the shit out of everything in order to survive and make it home, despite odds of survival being practically nil.
Real science and math were implemented, not "Hollywood science" to drive a plot forward. Andy Weir did extensive research while writing his novels to make them as accurate as possible to real-world science, which is how he got noticed for his works and became a famous sci-fi author.
Minus the sandstorm on Mars. He admitted that weather patterns aren't strong enough on Mars to actually generate a huge sandstorm on the planet, but that's the only suspension of disbelief in the whole The Martian film.
But cloning human tissue for food? That's real science, even if it's a bit gross. But when survival is on the line, you do what you gotta do. Too bad he didn't have any potatoes on hand...