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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 7
The fourth line of the first paragraph did read

". . .created a commission in 1970. . ."

It now reads:

". . .created a commission in 1973. . ."

 Anonymous  Mar 2000
Printed Page 7
The fourth line of the first paragraph did read

". . .created a commission in 1973. . ."

It now reads:

". . .created a commission in 1972. . ."

 Anonymous  Sep 2000
Printed Page 26
3rd paragraph

Holtsville now says [New York]after it, not [New Jersey].

 Anonymous  Apr 2000
Printed Page 32
The second paragraph, line 6 did read

". . .want to have records that could be
used to trace back to the their. . ."

It now reads:

". . .want to have records that could be
used to trace back to their. . ."

 Anonymous  Mar 2000
Printed Page 71
The sixth line of the first paragraph did read

"All that's is needed. . ."

It now reads:

"All that's needed. . ."

 Anonymous  Mar 2000
Printed Page 190
In the third line of the last paragraph on page 190, did read

"The researchers scanned 858 anonymous blood samples from
Askenazi Jews and found the genetic defect, called 185delAG,
in eight of them--a little more than 1%."

It now reads:

"The researchers scanned 858 anonymous blood samples from
Askenazi Jews and found the genetic defect, called 185delAG,
in eight of them--a little less than 1%.

 Anonymous  Mar 2000
Printed Page 194
In the third paragraph from the bottom, starting with the third line

did read:

". . .Dr. Mary Claire King, a world-renowned geneticist and
professor of anthropology. . ."

It now reads:

". . .Dr. Mary Claire King, a world-renowned geneticist and
professor of genetics and medicine. . ."


 Anonymous  Mar 2000
Printed Page 211
The fifth line of the first paragraph on page 211, did read

"...they are more properly though of as military actions."

It now reads:

"...they are more properly thought of as military actions."

 Anonymous  Mar 2000
Printed Page 295

John Gilmore's group is listed as the "Electronic Freedom Foundation".

It should be listed as the "Electronic FRONTIER Foundation".

 Anonymous  Apr 2000
Printed Page 300

The following entry was added to the index
"Brandeis, Louis, 6"

 Anonymous  Sep 2000
Printed Page 312

The following entry was added to the index
"Warren, Samuel, 6"

 Anonymous  Sep 2000