The plaintiff's lawyers also showed him early versions of the manuscript containing the original version of the deleted table, he says.

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Not just any old periodic table, but the most photographically breathtaking version ever created, encased in sturdy plastic and enlivened by "lenticular technology, " the technique that uses linear lens elements laminated over a specially processed image to create a convincing 3D effect.

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