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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
List of Illustrations xi
Abbreviations xiii
1. A Long Way to Go 1
2. Cambridge Undergraduate 22
3. Bohemian Crystallographer 46
4. Science Fantasy 65
5. The New Kingdom 78
6. Soviet Pilgrims 103
7. The Shadow of the Hawk’s Wings 119
8. The Entertainment of the Scientist 137
9. Scientist at War 165
10. Bombing Strategy 185
11. Combined Operations 205
12. Overlord 228
13. Lessons of War 255
14. Rebuilding 274
15. Central Dogma 298
16. Peace at Any Price? 318
17. The Physical Basis of Life 342
18. History and the Origins of Life 363
19. Marxist Envoy 383
20. Peacebroking 412
21. Order and Disorder 435
22. Years of Struggle 452
Postscript 474
Notes 490
Index 539