Author: Alex Bellos
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
ISBN: 9781783351145
Category : Mathematical recreations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A high-class puzzle book from the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland; organised from easy-peasy to ninja level - with stories of puzzle mysteries, histories and scandals along the way this book will make your hippocampus happy.
Can You Solve My Problems?
Author: Alex Bellos
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
ISBN: 9781783351145
Category : Mathematical recreations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A high-class puzzle book from the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland; organised from easy-peasy to ninja level - with stories of puzzle mysteries, histories and scandals along the way this book will make your hippocampus happy.
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
ISBN: 9781783351145
Category : Mathematical recreations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A high-class puzzle book from the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland; organised from easy-peasy to ninja level - with stories of puzzle mysteries, histories and scandals along the way this book will make your hippocampus happy.
Can You Solve My Problems?
Author: Alex Bellos
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 1783351160
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes - I challenge you to solve my problems. Here are 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia, taking us from ancient China to medieval Europe, Victorian England to modern-day Japan, with stories of espionage, mathematical breakthroughs and puzzling rivalries along the way. Pit your wits against logic puzzles and kinship riddles, pangrams and river-crossing conundrums. Some solutions rely on a touch of cunning, others call for creativity, others need mercilessly logical thought. Some can only be solved be 2 per cent of the population. All are guaranteed to sharpen your mind. Let's get puzzling!
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 1783351160
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes - I challenge you to solve my problems. Here are 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia, taking us from ancient China to medieval Europe, Victorian England to modern-day Japan, with stories of espionage, mathematical breakthroughs and puzzling rivalries along the way. Pit your wits against logic puzzles and kinship riddles, pangrams and river-crossing conundrums. Some solutions rely on a touch of cunning, others call for creativity, others need mercilessly logical thought. Some can only be solved be 2 per cent of the population. All are guaranteed to sharpen your mind. Let's get puzzling!
Can You Solve My Problems?: Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books)
Author: Alex Bellos
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 1615193952
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Puzzle lovers, rejoice! Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia. Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a dash of high school math—you’ll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create every number from 1 to 50. (It can be done!) The ultimate casebook for daring puzzlers, Can You Solve My Problems? also tells the story of the puzzle—from ancient China to Victorian England to modern-day Japan. Grab your pencil and get puzzling!
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 1615193952
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Puzzle lovers, rejoice! Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia. Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a dash of high school math—you’ll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create every number from 1 to 50. (It can be done!) The ultimate casebook for daring puzzlers, Can You Solve My Problems? also tells the story of the puzzle—from ancient China to Victorian England to modern-day Japan. Grab your pencil and get puzzling!
More Profoundly Perplexing Puzzles
Author: Phil Lloyd
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471775941
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
If you are looking for the ultimate in logic puzzles that require pure deductive reasoning then this second collection is for you. Even if you are new to logic puzzles, the startlingly simple instructions and crystal clear grids provide an easy introduction to this totally absorbing and intellectually stimulating pastime. Every puzzle is a whodunnit in its purest form with each grid being a scene of crime, each digit representing a potential suspect and each clue providing vital forensic evidence. However, unlike those misleading murder mysteries, there are no lateral-thinking conundrums, no ambiguous instructions, no contradictory revelations and no requirement for specialist knowledge. By determining means, motive and opportunity as well as moving from the possible to the probable to the provable, every 'crime' contained herein can be solved by using pure intellect and reason: all you need is the perception and perseverance to identify and pursue the right line of enquiry.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471775941
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
If you are looking for the ultimate in logic puzzles that require pure deductive reasoning then this second collection is for you. Even if you are new to logic puzzles, the startlingly simple instructions and crystal clear grids provide an easy introduction to this totally absorbing and intellectually stimulating pastime. Every puzzle is a whodunnit in its purest form with each grid being a scene of crime, each digit representing a potential suspect and each clue providing vital forensic evidence. However, unlike those misleading murder mysteries, there are no lateral-thinking conundrums, no ambiguous instructions, no contradictory revelations and no requirement for specialist knowledge. By determining means, motive and opportunity as well as moving from the possible to the probable to the provable, every 'crime' contained herein can be solved by using pure intellect and reason: all you need is the perception and perseverance to identify and pursue the right line of enquiry.
The Grapes of Math
Author: Alex Bellos
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451640129
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind’s turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451640129
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind’s turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in.
Are You as Smart as You Think?
Author: Terry H. Stickels
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312209117
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A collection of logical, spatial-visual, and math puzzles that are designed to give the brain a workout.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312209117
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A collection of logical, spatial-visual, and math puzzles that are designed to give the brain a workout.
Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods
Author: Louis A. Graham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486282937
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Collection of 100 of the best submissions to a math puzzle column features problems in engineering situations, logic, number theory, and geometry. Most solutions include details of several different methods.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486282937
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Collection of 100 of the best submissions to a math puzzle column features problems in engineering situations, logic, number theory, and geometry. Most solutions include details of several different methods.
Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers: Math, Logic & Word Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books)
Author: Alex Bellos
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 1615197192
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Put your wits—and survival instincts—to the test! Publisher’s Note: Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers was previously published in the UK under the title So You Think You’ve Got Problems? In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example . . . Ten lions and a sheep are in a pen. Any lion who eats the sheep will fall asleep. A sleeping lion will be eaten by another lion, who falls asleep in turn. If the lions are all perfect logicians, what happens? Bellos pairs his fiendish brainteasers with fascinating history, so you’ll meet Alcuin, Sam Loyd, and other puzzle masters of yore—in between deranged despots and wily jailers with an unaccountable taste for riddles. Will you make it out alive? And what about the sheep?
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 1615197192
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Put your wits—and survival instincts—to the test! Publisher’s Note: Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers was previously published in the UK under the title So You Think You’ve Got Problems? In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example . . . Ten lions and a sheep are in a pen. Any lion who eats the sheep will fall asleep. A sleeping lion will be eaten by another lion, who falls asleep in turn. If the lions are all perfect logicians, what happens? Bellos pairs his fiendish brainteasers with fascinating history, so you’ll meet Alcuin, Sam Loyd, and other puzzle masters of yore—in between deranged despots and wily jailers with an unaccountable taste for riddles. Will you make it out alive? And what about the sheep?
Just How Smart Are You?
Author: Terry H. Stickels
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312281694
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Terry Stickels is a master puzzlemaker known for the fascinating variety and many forms of his original puzzles. As in his previous book, Are You as Smart as You Think?, he challenges readers with a mix of narrative puzzles to be solved with logical thinking, number puzzles that demand common sense but not higher math, and his very popular "frame games"-puzzles that mix pictures, letters, and numbers to provide fun for puzzlers of every age.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312281694
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Terry Stickels is a master puzzlemaker known for the fascinating variety and many forms of his original puzzles. As in his previous book, Are You as Smart as You Think?, he challenges readers with a mix of narrative puzzles to be solved with logical thinking, number puzzles that demand common sense but not higher math, and his very popular "frame games"-puzzles that mix pictures, letters, and numbers to provide fun for puzzlers of every age.
Riddles in Mathematics
Author: Eugene P Northrop
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486780163
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
"Math enthusiasts of all ages will delight in this collection of more than 200 riddles drawn from every mathematical discipline. Only an elementary background is needed to enjoy and solve the tremendous variety of puzzles, which include riddles based on geometry, trigonometry, algebra, infinity, probability, and logic. Includes complete solutions and 113 illustrations"--
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486780163
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
"Math enthusiasts of all ages will delight in this collection of more than 200 riddles drawn from every mathematical discipline. Only an elementary background is needed to enjoy and solve the tremendous variety of puzzles, which include riddles based on geometry, trigonometry, algebra, infinity, probability, and logic. Includes complete solutions and 113 illustrations"--