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The Shroud of Turin By John H. Heller Houghton Mifflin, 225 pp., $15.95

The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth 14 feet long by 31/2 feet wide with a known history of some six hundred years. Tradition holds that it is the actual cloth used when Christ was laid in the tomb. This book reports on an investigation of the authenticity of the Shroud by forty scientists (chiefly mathematicians, physicists, chemists, biologists, and physicians) led by John Jackson, a physicist.

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The Shroud of Turin By John H. Heller Houghton Mifflin, 225 pp., $15.95

The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth 14 feet long by 31/2 feet wide with a known history of some six hundred years. Tradition holds that it is the actual cloth used when Christ was laid in the tomb. This book reports on an investigation of the authenticity of the Shroud by forty scientists (chiefly mathematicians, physicists, chemists, biologists, and physicians) led by John Jackson, a physicist.