First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify abook from its opening sentence, is from an American political thinker who was also a scientist:

"Dear Son I have ever had a Pleasure in obtaining any little Anecdotes of my Ancestors."

The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is November 1.

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 John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behavior , is Jonathan Perraton of the economics department at Sheffield University.

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