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I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ideas
Directly
Book
Physics
Great
Theory
Would
Probably
Coma
Love
Books
Particle
Read
Cosmology
Idea
Particles
Science
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