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Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre,

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This electronic edition published in the UK in 2012 by Icon Books Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-84831-354-5 (ePub format)

ISBN: 978-1-84831-355-2 (Adobe ebook format

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Text copyright © 2012 Brian Clegg

The author has asserted his moral rights.

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