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  1. Stephen Hawking for Beginners by J. McEvoy, Icon, £7.99 pbk, ISBN 1 87416 625 0

  2. Shadows of the Mind by Roger Penrose, Oxford University Press, £16.99, ISBN 0 1983 978 9

  3. The Consumer’s Good Chemical Guide by John Emsley, W. H. Freeman, £18.99, ISBN 0 71674 505 4

  4. About Time by Paul Davies, Viking, £17, ISBN 0 67084 761 5

  5. Black Holes and Baby Universes by Stephen Hawking, Bantam, £6.99 pbk, ISBN 0 55340 663 9

  6. Hyperspace by M. Kaku, Oxford University Press, £16.99, ISBN 0 19508 514 0

  7. Fuzzy Thinking by B. Kosko, Collins, £7.99 pbk, ISBN 0 00654 713 3

  8. Are We Alone? by Paul Davies, Penguin, £5.99 pbk, ISBN 0 14024 585 5

  9. Mind of God by Paul Davies, Penguin, £6.99 pbk, ISBN 0 14015 815 4

  10. Chaos by James Gleick, Sphere, £8.99 pbk, ISBN 0 34910 525 1

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