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The Faber Book of Science edited by John Carey, Faber &
Faber -
The Periodic Kingdom by Peter Atkins, Weidenfeld &
Nicolson - Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes, Simon & Schuster
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Nature鈥檚 Numbers by Ian Stewart, Weidenfeld &
Nicolson -
Science and Wonders by Russell Stannard, Faber &
Faber - You Are a Mathematician by David Wells, Penguin
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The Artful Universe by John Barrow, Oxford University
Press - Five Golden Rules by John Casti, Wiley
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The Nature of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking and Roger
Penrose, Princeton
University Press -
Newton鈥檚 Principia by S. Chandrasekhar, Oxford University
Press
Faber describes Carey and his topic as a 鈥渄ream combination鈥濃�攊t has
sold nearly 30 000 in hardback, and this autumn鈥檚 paperback is expected to keep
the title on the bestseller lists.
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bestsellers in the physical sciences first published in hardback or paperback
within the past 12 months. For more reviews see Planet Science at
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