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Can You Solve My Problems: A casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles

(Paperback, Main)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Can You Solve My Problems: A casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles

Contributors:

By (Author) Alex Bellos

ISBN:

9781783351152

Publisher:

Guardian Faber Publishing

Imprint:

Guardian Faber Publishing

Publication Date:

23rd August 2017

UK Publication Date:

6th July 2017

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

510

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

352

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 21mm

Weight:

292g

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 is the story of the puzzle, one of mankind's oldest and greatest forms of entertainment and enlightenment, told through 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia. It takes 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. You'll 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 by 2% of the population. All are guaranteed to sharpen your mind. Let's get puzzling...

Author Bio

Alex Bellos is brilliant on all things mathematical. He has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University. His bestselling books Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Alex Through the Looking-Glass have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the co-author of a mathematical colouring book, Snowflake, Seashell, Star, and he has launched an elliptical pool table, LOOP. He writes a popular maths blog and a puzzle blog for the Guardian.

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