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1. The Theory of Evolution by John Maynard Smith, Cambridge University Press (1958)

2. The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky, MIT Press (1985)

3. The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski, Little, Brown (1973)

4. Biology as Ideology by Richard Lewontin, HarperCollins (1991)

5. The Moonflight Atlas by Patrick Moore, Mitchell Beazley Philip (1969)

6. Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe by Richard Gott, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (2001)

7. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, Oxford University Press (1976)

8. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s outrageous legacy by Kip Thorne, W. W. Norton (1994)

9. Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser, Papermac (1935)

10. The Particle Explosion by Frank Close, Michael Marten and Christine Sutton, Oxford University Press (1987)

Ten to buy or borrow : these books were – and for many still are – the gateways to science. This snapshot of inspiring old favourites in their first editions is from New ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s London office.