Professor Hoffmann's Best Math and Logic Puzzles - Brossura

Hoffmann, Louis

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ISBN 10: 0486454746 ISBN 13: 9780486454740

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2007

Riassunto

You invite a gentleman to stand in the middle of the room. Taking a piece of chalk, you undertake to draw round him a circle which he cannot jump out of. How is it to be done?
This riddle, "The Charmed Circle," is but one of dozens of antique treats from a classic collection of brainteasers. Professor Hoffmann published his great treasury of old and new puzzles in 1893. Since then, puzzle aficionados have reveled in the Victorian charm of the professor's challenges. This compilation features some of the most pleasantly perplexing highlights from the original edition — 158 puzzles in all, with complete solutions.
Four different kinds of puzzles include those involving arithmetic, a selection of word and letter puzzles, puzzles with counters, and "quibble" or "catch" puzzles, which rely upon a double meaning or a clever interpretation of the question — such as "The Charmed Circle," above, in which the triumphant puzzle-solver draws a chalk line around the subject's waist.

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Product Description

Well known and much treasured among puzzle aficionados, Professor Hoffmann's 1893 collection of puzzles features both classic and new brainteasers. Including both arithmetic problems and challenges involving words and letters, these pleasantly perplexing highlights from the original edition abound in Victorian charm. Complete solutions for all 158 puzzles.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486454746
• ISBN 13: 9780486454740
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 158
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia