The Book of Tangrams, 9780486833866
Paperback
Arrange seven shapes into 700 puzzles, a mind-bending Chinese challenge!

The Book of Tangrams

700 puzzles

$26.59

  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    26 April 2019

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Summary

The challenge of the tangram, the original “Chinese puzzle,” lies in your ability to arrange seven geometrical pieces - a square, a rhomboid, and five triangles - into a variety of different shapes. Collected by Sam Loyd, America’s great puzzle expert, these 700 endlessly absorbing tangrams offer hours of mind-expanding amusement.

Sam Loyd’s The Book of Tangrams is also a tribute to this tricky and intriguing puzzle. In a famous and delightful spoof of the tangram’s history, Loyd incl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780486833866
ISBN-10:0486833860
Author:Sam Loyd
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:26 April 2019
Weight:205g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 10mm
About The Author

Sam Loyd

One of America’s great puzzle-makers, Sam Loyd (1841-1911) devised and revised thousands of puzzles, including rebuses, tangrams, and word and math puzzles.

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