Two great science publishers, Oxford University Press and Penguin, have just
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Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary on The Origins of Life, John Holland’s
Emergence, John Barrow’s The Universe That Discovered Itself,
as well as Enrico Coen on genes and Susan Blackmore on memes. Penguin relaunches
a modern classics list repackaged in wild and elegant covers. Take your pick
from Steven Pinker (language, toney greys), Richard Dawkins (evolution, indigo
and white), Paul Davies (the Universe, baby blue), Richard Feynman (everything,
neon), Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart (simplicity, bright…
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