Can you solve my problems? : a casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles
Bellos, Alex, 1969-2016
Book
A good puzzle is ingenious, frustrating and a-ha!-inducing. In this entertaining and utterly addictive book, Bellos will challenge you to pit your wits against pangrams, hidatos, chessboard puzzles and a Singaporean schoolchild's maths paper. Piece of cake, right? Only if you know the scientific method for cutting cake correctly. 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.
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Author:
Bellos, Alex, 1969-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Guardian Books and Faber and Faber Limited, 2016.
Collation:
335 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781783351145 (hbk)
Dewey class:
793.74
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2389568