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References
1. Saturn's moon, Titan, really has frozen methane dunes. See Science, 5 May 2006.
2. That President Vladimir Putin's enemies have been dying was noted in the Jan. 29, 2007 issue of The New Yorker.
3. The Latin quotes are obviously not original. Here is a list of their sources: a) Facilis descensus Averno. It's easy to go down to hell. - Virgil b) Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant. They make a wasteland and they call it peace. - Tacitus c) Pulvis et umbra sumus. We're nothing but a bit of dust and shadow. - Horace 4. References for the statistics used by the fictional Professor Brown are the following: a. New Scientist, 8 October 2005.
b. APS News, 8 October 2005.
c. Newsweek poll, December 2004 - quoted in a.
d. ABC Prime Time poll, 2004 - quoted in a.
e. CNN/Time, 2002 - quoted in a.
f. Newsweek, 1999 - quoted in a.
5. The statistics on the Pentecostal movement in Latin America are taken from: New Scientist, 8 October 2005.
6. The source for the discussion of "gene expression" was: the Boston Globe, Monday, March 13, 2006.
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