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What is the book you have given most as a gift, and why?

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Read by field Everyone Science and medicine 6 Arts and letters 8 Politics and public life 1 Business and finance 2 Technology 3
Read by age Any age In their forties 1 In their fifties 3 In their sixties 4 Seventy and beyond 2
Mohamed ElBaradei Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1997-2009; Nobel Peace Prize 2005
Unfortunately, I don’t. My wife now reads fiction. I don’t have the time to read fiction. My wife reads the fiction and summarizes it to me, but I wish at one point I’ll have time again to read fiction. It is a luxury I cannot afford right now.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 2006 source ↗

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