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Ask Uncle Albert

13 June 1998

Physicist Russell Stannard is, to thousands of British children, Uncle
Albert, the science teacher we all wish we’d had. His latest collection, Ask
Uncle Albert: 100 ½ Tricky Science Questions Answered, is what every pestered
parent has been praying for. Published by Faber & Faber, £4.99, ISBN
0571194362.

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