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pokerfan

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5. The hilarious misprint Dawkins wanted to keep

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 09:20 PM

Jul 2012

While discussing the Large Hadron Collider, Richard Dawkins talks about a hilarious misprint that almost made it into one of his books.

I spotted the misprint, and of course, I left it in; but alas, the publisher's proofreader also spotted it. She removed it. I begged her on my knees to leave it in. She said it was more than her job was worth.

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