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17 May 1997

Longitude by Dava Sobel, Fourth Estate
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind by Roger Penrose, Cambridge University Press
Before the Beginning by Martin Rees, Simon & Schuster
The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch, Allen Lane/Penguin
Where Does the Weirdness Go? by David Lindley, Hutchinson
Pythagoras’ Trousers by Margaret Wertheim, Fourth Estate
The Web of Life by Fritjof Capra, HarperCollins
Goodbye, Descartes by Keith Devlin, Wiley
Brilliant Stars by Patrick Moore, Cassell
Quotable Einstein by Alison Calaprice, Princeton University Press

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