First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Nobel prizewinning physicist with a sceptical interest in philosophy:

"The origin of the universe is explained in the Younger Edda, a collection of Norse myths compiled around 1220 by the Icelandic magnate Snorri Sturleson."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher. The closing date is July 22.

Entries, including postal address, should be sent to

First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BX

faxed to 020 7782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Henry Rider Haggard's She, is Vaughan Birbeck of York.

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