Think Twice, 9781529934793
Hardcover
Deceptive puzzles that reveal biases and train your brain.

Think Twice

solve the simple puzzles (almost) everyone gets wrong

$26.89

  • Hardcover

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    2 December 2024

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Summary

Think Twice: Are You Smart Enough to Be Wrong?

Will you be one of the few who can prove Alex wrong? I hope you get every puzzle in this book wrong. I’m being honest. The more you answer incorrectly, the more fun you will have …

Guardian puzzle master Alex Bellos knows better than anyone that the puzzles we find irresistible are the ones that deceive us. Those that seem blindingly, obviously simple - and yet we can’t help but get wrong.

These 70 confounding puzzles - …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529934793
ISBN-10:1529934796
Author:Alex Bellos
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Square Peg
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:2 December 2024
Weight:260g
Dimensions:181mm x 138mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

A brilliant collection of puzzles. Never has getting the answer wrong felt so good! – G.T. Karber, author of MURDLEI’m a sucker for Alex Bellos’s books - they’re just such fun – Tim HarfordA magical mixture of surprising, smart and sensational puzzles! – Richard Wiseman, author of THE LUCK FACTORIf you like puzzles, don’t think twice - buy this book * 5* star Amazon review *We had great fun as a family trying to puzzle these * 5* star Amazon review *A lot of fun especially if shared * 5* star Amazon review *

About The Author

Alex Bellos

Alex Bellos is a journalist, broadcaster and puzzle master. He read Mathematics and Philosophy at Oxford University before becoming a journalist and writer. Alex was born in Oxford and grew up in Edinburgh and Southampton and lived in Brazil for five years as a foreign correspondent for the Guardian before returning to the UK He is the author of 8 books about puzzles and mathematics and currently writes weekly puzzle column for the Guardian.

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