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The Better Half Of Mathematics

Alexander Masters ISAAC NEWTON by James Gleick Fourth Estate, £15, pp. 289, ISBN 0007163177 I saac Newton showed no signs of being a brilliant child, only an odd one. Reading......

Oh, My Papa!

Digby Durrant SIX by Jim Crace Penguin, 116.99, pp. 356, ISBN 0670881163 F elix ('Lix') Dern is under a curse. 'Every woman he dares to sleep with bears his child.' There are......