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The Short Life And Hard Times Of A Mathematical Genius

Alexander Masters T HE I NDIAN C LERK by David Leavitt Bloomsbury, £16.99, pp. 485, ISBN 9780747581680 ✆ £13.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 Any proof pleases me: if I could......

Always Employ A Slow Bowler

David Crane W HAT s PORT T ELLs U s A BOUT L IFE by Ed Smith Viking, £14.99, pp. 190, ISBN 9780670917228 ✆ £11.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I t would be hard to imagine a......