Description:Thought you had it bad? In this book, you will be: Imprisoned by a sadistic logician. Challenged to raise dogs from the dead. Trapped on a burning island. And much more besides . . . Everything is at stake in this compendium of more than 125 ingenious puzzles selected to reveal the wonderful diversity of brainteasers that have confounded and intrigued solvers for the last thousand years. You’ll need to pit your wits against probability problems, wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scrabble for survival. Along the way, you will discover stories of whip-smart thinkers, eccentric novelists, and a poodle with allegedly supernatural powers. You will absorb fascinating and important mathematical ideas. Some solutions will rely on ingenuity, some will challenge you to spot hidden patterns, others call for extreme rationality. All will surprise, entertain, and stretch your brain.Will you make it out with your puzzling pride intact?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books). To get started finding Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
—
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
—
ISBN
1615197184
Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books)
Description: Thought you had it bad? In this book, you will be: Imprisoned by a sadistic logician. Challenged to raise dogs from the dead. Trapped on a burning island. And much more besides . . . Everything is at stake in this compendium of more than 125 ingenious puzzles selected to reveal the wonderful diversity of brainteasers that have confounded and intrigued solvers for the last thousand years. You’ll need to pit your wits against probability problems, wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scrabble for survival. Along the way, you will discover stories of whip-smart thinkers, eccentric novelists, and a poodle with allegedly supernatural powers. You will absorb fascinating and important mathematical ideas. Some solutions will rely on ingenuity, some will challenge you to spot hidden patterns, others call for extreme rationality. All will surprise, entertain, and stretch your brain.Will you make it out with your puzzling pride intact?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books). To get started finding Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.