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  1. Black Holes and Baby Universes by S. Hawking, Bantam, £6.99, ISBN 0 553 40663 9.

  2. Stephen Hawking for Beginners by Icon, £7.99, ISBN 1 874 16625 0

  3. River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, £9.99, ISBN 029781540 7

  4. Moon Shot by Alan Shephard, Virgin, £5.99, ISBN 0 863 69940 5

  5. Wrinkles in Time by George Smoot, Abacus, £8.99, ISBN 0349 106029

  6. Arrow of Time by Peter Coveney, Fontana, £7.99, ISBN 0 00 654462 2

  7. Superstrings by F. David Peat, Abacus, £7.99, ISBN 0 349 10487 5

  8. Fire in the Equations by Kitty Ferguson, Bantam, £6.99 ISBN 0 553 40593 4

  9. The Emperor’s New Mind by Roger Penrose, Vintage, £9.99, ISBN 0 099 771705

  10. Theories of Everything by John Barrow, Vintage, £6.99, ISBN 0 09998380 X

Next week: biological sciences from Blackwells, Oxford.

WH SMITH

List of bestsellers prepared in collaboration with W H Smith.

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