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Russell Bertrand - Fact And Fiction - Paperback Applied Ecology As a category for historicalBinding: Paperback Description: First published in 1961, Fact and Fiction is a collection of Bertrand Russell's essays that reflect on the books and writings that influenced his life including fiction essays on politics and education divertissements and parables. Also broaching on the highly controversial issues of war and peace it is in this classic collection that Russell states some of his most famous pronouncements on nuclear warfare and