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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Linden, David J., 1961– author.
Title: Unique: the new science of human individuality / David J. Linden.
Description: First Edition. | New York: Basic Books, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020024904 | ISBN 9781541698888 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781541698871 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Individuality. | Neurophysiology. | Neurobiology. | MESH: Heredity, Human.
Classification: LCC BF697 .L53566 2020 | DDC 155.2/2—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020024904
ISBNs: 978-1-5416-9888-8 (hardcover), 978-1-5416-9887-1 (ebook)
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