Copyright © 2009 by Angus Bell, 2006
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ISBN 978-1-55365-441-4
ISBN 978-1-926812-00-7

Cover design by Peter Cocking
Cover illustration by Shepard Sherbell/CORBIS SABA, Andy Barr, and Angus Bell
Diagram adapted from an illustration by Dr. Kaushal Tiwari

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