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  2. Pigeon Poo, The Universe & Car Point by Karl Kruszelnicki, HarperCollins
  3. Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond, Cape
  4. Dinosaur in a haystack by Stephen Jay Gould, Cape
  5. Black Holes & Baby Universes by Stephen Hawking, Bantam
  6. About Time by Paul Davies, Penguin
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  8. Richard Feynman: A Life in Science by John and Mary Gribbin, Viking
  9. The Web of Life by Fritjof Capra, Viking
  10. Companion to the Cosmos by John Gribbon, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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