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Book Review Published: 08 February 2001 Fit for the seven-league boots Richard White1  Nature volume 409, pages 663–664 (2001)Cite this article


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About this articleCite this article White, R. Fit for the seven-league boots. Nature 409, 663–664 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35055602


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