Brain Busters! Mind-Stretching Puzzles in Math and Logic

Clarke, Barry R.

ISBN 10: 0486427552 / ISBN 13: 9780486427553

Editore: Dover Publications, 2003

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0486427552I3N00

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Puzzle lovers of every persuasion, prepare to be mystified and wondrously maddened! These 51 original puzzles by Barry Clarke, puzzle columnist for the London-based Daily Telegraph, present challenges ranging from moderate to difficult and span a terrific range of clever conundrums: word puzzles, complex crosswords, and math and logic puzzles.
The first section, Popular Puzzles, calls for a moderate amount of effort and imagination. It features complex crosswords in which cryptic clues must be solved in sequence and the solutions fitted together on a grid. Teaser Tales, the following section, contains longer puzzles in the form of amusing stories with a series of clues that must be solved to provide a single solution at the end.
The final section represents the Mount Everest of the collection, the Advanced Puzzles. Designed to stretch the mental muscles, these puzzles are more mathematical than their predecessors, but even the most difficult ones require no greater knowledge than high school algebra. Most of the puzzles include hints, and solutions are provided for all (no peeking!).

Contenuti: Introduction Tutorial Popular Puzzles Spot the Dice The Missing Rum The Wizard's Spell Packing Boxes Cons and Conjurors Mumble Meadow Complex Crossword I Duck to Cat Cannibals Paw Poem Library Logic Tiny Tum's Homework Colored Kits Complex Crossword 2 The Two Jacks Fair Game Doors to Freedom Deleting Sheep Fantasy Island Bye Bye Alibi Complex Crossword 3 The Stolen Sweets Round the Table Cups and Balls The Torn Message Cubic Hexagon Untying the Knot Complex Crossword 4 Square Words Truth and Treasure Parking Space Teaser Tales The Torque Wrench Seven Secrets The Missing Sandwiches Autumn Acres The Codfish Kung fuer Advanced Puzzles Breaking the Circuit The Logic Cards Synchronizing Watches The Six Digits Old Automobiles The Wizard's Sum Glasses and Lasses Seeing Red Alf and Bert Matching Switches Hail Clip The Giant's Castle The Postman Puzzle Leonardo's Bathtime Puzzle Carts of Coal Hints Solutions

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Titolo: Brain Busters! Mind-Stretching Puzzles in ...
Casa editrice: Dover Publications
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
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