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  1. What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

  2. Blood and Guts by Roy Porter, Allen Lane/Penguin

  3. Y: The descent of men by Steve Jones, Little, Brown

  4. Dr. Riemann’s Zeros by Karl Sabbagh, Atlantic Books

  5. How The Universe Got Its Spots by Janna Levin, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

  6. The Eternal Child by Clive Bromhall, Ebury Press

  7. The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker, Allen Lane/Penguin

  8. The Man Who Knew Too Much by Stephen Inwood, Pan Macmillan

  9. Placebo by Dylan Evans, HarperCollins

  10. The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick, Wiley

Kevin Mitnick’s ban on touching a computer has just been lifted. His homepage now proclaims “Time until Kevin Mitnick will be…

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