Copyright © 2003 by Simon Baron-Cohen

First hardcover edition published in 2003 by Basic Books
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First paperback edition published in 2004 by Basic Books

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ISBN-10: 0-7382-0844-2 (hc)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7382-0844-2 (hc)
ISBN-10: 0-465-00556-X (pbk.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-00556-7
eBook ISBN: 9780786740314

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