Can You Solve My Problems?: Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles
Language: English
Published by The Experiment LLC, 2017
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.World of Books Inc
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Condition: Used - Good
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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.
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- Title
- Can You Solve My Problems?: Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles
- Author
- Alex Bellos
- Publisher
- The Experiment LLC
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 161519388X
- ISBN 13
- 9781615193882
- Series
- Book 1 of 4: Logic Lover's Puzzle Books
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! 180 B&W illustrations
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