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Bang Bang

John Gribbin The First Three Minutes Steven Weinberg (Deutsch -£4.50) The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity William J. Kaufmann (Little, Brown: Boston $6.95) The Collapsing......

The Trap

Peter Ackroyd Tornado Pratt Paul Ableman (Gollanoz £4.95) People always want to discover 'the truth' about things; but if they were to find it, what would they do with it? The......

Beyond Reality

Benny Green The Book of Nonsense Edited by Paul Jennings (Macdonald 6.95) In marshalling the chronicles of nonsense it is as well for the anthologist to know exactly what he is......