As if that were not enough, the good people at Young Persons Railcard have thrown in a free Railcard, which saves you a third on all journeys, for all five winners.

If you know the answers to these ten questions, perhaps you don't need the books, but we had to choose a winner somehow.

1. Which economist wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money?

2. Which figure of Greek mythology fell in love with his own image after seeing his reflection in a pool?

3. Who wrote The Selfish Gene?

4. "Men are born free and yet everywhere they are in chains." Who said this?

5. Where was Professor Stephen Hawking born?

6. What does the letter 'c' stand for in Einstein's famous equation E=mc2?

7. What was the title of Jacques Derrida's 1993 book engaging Deconstruction with Marxism?

8. Who discovered the quark?

9. Which Athenian philosopher first used the metaphor "the Ship of State"?

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