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Nature 456, 446-447 (27 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/456446a; Published online 26 November 2008

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Imprisoned by intelligence

Jennifer Rohn1

BOOK REVIEWEDAnathem

by Neal Stephenson

Atlantic Books/William Morrow: 2008. 800 pp/960 pp. £18.99/$29.95

The divide between science and society is extrapolated to the extreme in Neal Stephenson's novel Anathem. The author, who is well regarded for his vision of science in contemporary and historical settings, creates in his latest work the fictional planet Arbre, which parallels Earth in the very far future.