Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145689
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
A famous puzzlemeister presents 103 perplexing brainteasers, anagrams, and rebus and logic puzzles. There are clues — and humor — in the 69 whimsical illustrations, plus solutions for anyone who gets stumped.
Mind-Boggling Word Puzzles
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145689
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
A famous puzzlemeister presents 103 perplexing brainteasers, anagrams, and rebus and logic puzzles. There are clues — and humor — in the 69 whimsical illustrations, plus solutions for anyone who gets stumped.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145689
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
A famous puzzlemeister presents 103 perplexing brainteasers, anagrams, and rebus and logic puzzles. There are clues — and humor — in the 69 whimsical illustrations, plus solutions for anyone who gets stumped.
The World's Biggest Book of Brainteasers & Logic Puzzles
Author: Norman D. Willis
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402733727
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
What a bargain! At more than 700 puzzle-packed pages, this huge, value-priced collection should keep any solver happy...and busy for a very long time. It contains brain-busting challenges of almost every type: math logic problems for the numerically inclined; absolutely amazing lateral thinking conundrums; really great critical thinking bafflers; and mind-boggling word puzzles. Here's just a small sample of what's inside: The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be so? Stumped? That's because it's one man--Grover Cleveland--who was reelected after skipping a term. And that's just an easy warm-up!
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402733727
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
What a bargain! At more than 700 puzzle-packed pages, this huge, value-priced collection should keep any solver happy...and busy for a very long time. It contains brain-busting challenges of almost every type: math logic problems for the numerically inclined; absolutely amazing lateral thinking conundrums; really great critical thinking bafflers; and mind-boggling word puzzles. Here's just a small sample of what's inside: The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be so? Stumped? That's because it's one man--Grover Cleveland--who was reelected after skipping a term. And that's just an easy warm-up!
The World's 200 Hardest Brain Teasers
Author: Gary Gary Gruber
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402257511
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
FLEX YOUR brain power like never before! From acclaimed author Dr. Gary Gruber, whose proven critical-thinking methods have sold more than seven million books, this collection of mind-bending brain teasers is sure to challenge even the most experienced problem solver. Inside are logic puzzles, riddles, maddening math problems, mental games, and more! A ship is twice as old as the ship's boiler was when the ship was as old as the boiler is. The ratio of the boiler's age now to the ship's age now is what? What English word contains all the vowels, in alphabetical order? What is the three-digit number that can be made from the digits 2, 3, 5, and 7 where no two digits in the three-digit number are alike, and where the three-digit number is a multiple of each of the digits chosen? Stumped? Dr. Gruber reveals the fascinating explanations and detailed strategies for solving even the trickiest problems using his exclusive Gruber Method. DISCLAIMER: The brain teasers in this book may get you so wrapped up in critical thinking that you may not be able to do your regular work until you solve them! Any abrupt or gradual increase in creativity, intelligence, or motivation to get a better job suited to your newfound talents is strictly the reader's responsibility. For more than thirty years, Gary R. Gruber, PhD, has been recognized as a leading expert on the SAT, test-taking methods, and critical-thinking skills. His methods have been used by PBS, Sylvan Learning Centers, Grolier's Encyclopedia, and school districts throughout the country. Dr. Gruber's innovative problem-solving strategies make up the heart of the new MyMaxScore's online test prep (www.mymaxscore.com).
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402257511
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
FLEX YOUR brain power like never before! From acclaimed author Dr. Gary Gruber, whose proven critical-thinking methods have sold more than seven million books, this collection of mind-bending brain teasers is sure to challenge even the most experienced problem solver. Inside are logic puzzles, riddles, maddening math problems, mental games, and more! A ship is twice as old as the ship's boiler was when the ship was as old as the boiler is. The ratio of the boiler's age now to the ship's age now is what? What English word contains all the vowels, in alphabetical order? What is the three-digit number that can be made from the digits 2, 3, 5, and 7 where no two digits in the three-digit number are alike, and where the three-digit number is a multiple of each of the digits chosen? Stumped? Dr. Gruber reveals the fascinating explanations and detailed strategies for solving even the trickiest problems using his exclusive Gruber Method. DISCLAIMER: The brain teasers in this book may get you so wrapped up in critical thinking that you may not be able to do your regular work until you solve them! Any abrupt or gradual increase in creativity, intelligence, or motivation to get a better job suited to your newfound talents is strictly the reader's responsibility. For more than thirty years, Gary R. Gruber, PhD, has been recognized as a leading expert on the SAT, test-taking methods, and critical-thinking skills. His methods have been used by PBS, Sylvan Learning Centers, Grolier's Encyclopedia, and school districts throughout the country. Dr. Gruber's innovative problem-solving strategies make up the heart of the new MyMaxScore's online test prep (www.mymaxscore.com).
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131629
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Fair, witty appraisal of cranks, quacks, and quackeries of science and pseudoscience: hollow earth, Velikovsky, orgone energy, Dianetics, flying saucers, Bridey Murphy, food and medical fads, and much more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131629
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Fair, witty appraisal of cranks, quacks, and quackeries of science and pseudoscience: hollow earth, Velikovsky, orgone energy, Dianetics, flying saucers, Bridey Murphy, food and medical fads, and much more.
Brain Games
Author: Stephanie Drimmer
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 1426332858
Category : Brain teasers
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Grab a pencil and get ready to become a problem-solving superstar with activities, puzzles, and games that will give your brain a serious boost. Master mystifying mazes, crack coded messages, and uncover the secrets behind optical illusions, all while learning about your own amazing mind.
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 1426332858
Category : Brain teasers
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Grab a pencil and get ready to become a problem-solving superstar with activities, puzzles, and games that will give your brain a serious boost. Master mystifying mazes, crack coded messages, and uncover the secrets behind optical illusions, all while learning about your own amazing mind.
The Everything Crosswords and Puzzles for Quote Lovers Book
Author: Charles Timmerman
Publisher: Adams Media
ISBN: 9781598697186
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Packed with more than 400 assorted word games, readers will find everything from anagram quotes and cryptoquotes to drop quotes and crosswords. Each puzzle consists of one or more famous quotations. Readers will spend hours solving these mind-boggling brain teasers as they uncover quotes like: It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ?Abraham Lincoln; Love is a game that two can play and both win. ?Eva Gabor; If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. ?Edward Hopper. With ten different, challenging types of word puzzles, this book has something for everyone?from novice to expert. This crossword collection offers tons of fun for puzzle fans looking to test their word game and trivia skills.
Publisher: Adams Media
ISBN: 9781598697186
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Packed with more than 400 assorted word games, readers will find everything from anagram quotes and cryptoquotes to drop quotes and crosswords. Each puzzle consists of one or more famous quotations. Readers will spend hours solving these mind-boggling brain teasers as they uncover quotes like: It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ?Abraham Lincoln; Love is a game that two can play and both win. ?Eva Gabor; If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. ?Edward Hopper. With ten different, challenging types of word puzzles, this book has something for everyone?from novice to expert. This crossword collection offers tons of fun for puzzle fans looking to test their word game and trivia skills.
Satan, Cantor, And Infinity And Other Mind-bogglin
Author: Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307819825
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
More than two hundred new and challenging logic puzzles—the simplest brainteaser to the most complex paradoxes in contemporary mathematical thinking—from our topmost puzzlemaster (“the most entertaining logician who ever lived,” Martin Gardner has called him). Our guide to the puzzles is the Sorcerer, who resides on the Island of Knights and Knaves, where knights always tell the truth and knaves always lie, and he introduces us to the amazing magic—logic—that enables to discover which inhabitants are which. Then, in a picaresque adventure in logic, he takes us to the planet Og, to the Island of Partial Silence, and to a land where metallic robots wearing strings of capital letters are noisily duplicating and dismantling themselves and others. The reader’s job is to figure out how it all works. Finally, we accompany the Sorcerer on an alluring tour of Infinity which includes George Cantor’s amazing mathematical insights. The tour (and the book) ends with Satan devising a diabolical puzzle for one of Cantor’s prize students—who outwits him! In sum: a devilish magician’s cornucopia of puzzles—a delight for every age and level of ability.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307819825
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
More than two hundred new and challenging logic puzzles—the simplest brainteaser to the most complex paradoxes in contemporary mathematical thinking—from our topmost puzzlemaster (“the most entertaining logician who ever lived,” Martin Gardner has called him). Our guide to the puzzles is the Sorcerer, who resides on the Island of Knights and Knaves, where knights always tell the truth and knaves always lie, and he introduces us to the amazing magic—logic—that enables to discover which inhabitants are which. Then, in a picaresque adventure in logic, he takes us to the planet Og, to the Island of Partial Silence, and to a land where metallic robots wearing strings of capital letters are noisily duplicating and dismantling themselves and others. The reader’s job is to figure out how it all works. Finally, we accompany the Sorcerer on an alluring tour of Infinity which includes George Cantor’s amazing mathematical insights. The tour (and the book) ends with Satan devising a diabolical puzzle for one of Cantor’s prize students—who outwits him! In sum: a devilish magician’s cornucopia of puzzles—a delight for every age and level of ability.
Spot the Differences Picture Puzzles for Kids
Author: Peter Donahue
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486782484
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Invites youngsters to find ten or more differences between slightly changed versions of the same photograph of everyday activities, groups of objects, and other scenes.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486782484
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Invites youngsters to find ten or more differences between slightly changed versions of the same photograph of everyday activities, groups of objects, and other scenes.
My Big Book of Word Search
Author: Mark English
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981930098
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
501 Zig Zag Word Searches Large 20x20 Well Spaced Grid Large Print 16 Point Font For The Word List & Grid 10,000 Words Days, Months Of Fun & Brain Work Great Price To Value
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981930098
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
501 Zig Zag Word Searches Large 20x20 Well Spaced Grid Large Print 16 Point Font For The Word List & Grid 10,000 Words Days, Months Of Fun & Brain Work Great Price To Value
Champions of Illusion
Author: Susana Martinez-Conde
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374120404
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A collection of visual illusions with explanations of the science behind them, gathered from the Best Illusions of the Year contest. --
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374120404
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A collection of visual illusions with explanations of the science behind them, gathered from the Best Illusions of the Year contest. --