Can You Solve My Problems?
a casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles
$34.54
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
22 August 2017
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783351152 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783351152 |
| Author: | Alex Bellos |
| Publisher: | Guardian Faber Publishing |
| Imprint: | Guardian Faber Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 22 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Alex Bellos
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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