1. [n]  28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
2. [n]  United States literary critic (1895-1972)
3. [n]  Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
4. [n]  United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
5. [n]  American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
6. [n]  Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
7. [n]  United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)
8. [n]  Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
9. [n]  English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
10. [n]  author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

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David Mamet`s novel is a futurist fantasy about a world without literature--or even pop culture--and about the attempts to get it back.

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