How to start a quarrel: pick a hundred books, then publish extracts under
the title The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written. Martin Seymour-Smith has
done just this, and I’ve got a bone or two to pick: science is represented by
just 17 extracts. Better luck next time. Published by Citadel, £25, ISBN
0806520000.
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