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I picked this book up in Hay and finished it that same day. It was very interesting, and I learned a bit (especially about DNA processing), but the big problem was that the science was a bit outdated (it was writted in 1997, and a lot has happened in the world of cloning and dna processing since then). Still, there's nothing like a compelling "what if" scenario.

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The Code Book is amazing. Singh does an amazin job of making the story of cryptography interesting while explaining the increasingly complex concepts behind the developing codes. By the time I finished this book, I understood how to do those "Decode-A-Quote" puzzles on the comics pages of some newspapers (which had never made complete sense before), had a budding interest in (and high-level understanding of) quantum computing, and the chance to recommend the book to everyone I know.

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This is one of the most interesting non-fiction books I've ever read. Levitt and Dubner have an always-intersting perspective on the topics they examine. If you read Freakonomics and are looking for more, they have an occasional column in the New Your Times Magazine, and have a great website at www.freakonomics.com.

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