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Author : Jerry Slocum
Release : 1992
Genre : Games
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 561/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis New Book of Puzzles by : Jerry Slocum
Download or read book New Book of Puzzles written by Jerry Slocum. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how to make a variety of puzzles out of wood, string, and wire, and includes solutions
Author : A.J. Jacobs
Release : 2022-04-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 721/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Puzzler by : A.J. Jacobs
Download or read book The Puzzler written by A.J. Jacobs. This book was released on 2022-04-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world. “Even though I’ve never attempted the New York Times crossword puzzle or solved the Rubik’s Cube, I couldn’t put down The Puzzler.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before Look for the author’s new podcast, The Puzzler, based on this book! What makes puzzles—jigsaws, mazes, riddles, sudokus—so satisfying? Be it the formation of new cerebral pathways, their close link to insight and humor, or their community-building properties, they’re among the fundamental elements that make us human. Convinced that puzzles have made him a better person, A.J. Jacobs—four-time New York Times bestselling author, master of immersion journalism, and nightly crossworder—set out to determine their myriad benefits. And maybe, in the process, solve the puzzle of our very existence. Well, almost. In The Puzzler, Jacobs meets the most zealous devotees, enters (sometimes with his family in tow) any puzzle competition that will have him, unpacks the history of the most popular puzzles, and aims to solve the most impossible head-scratchers, from a mutant Rubik’s Cube, to the hardest corn maze in America, to the most sadistic jigsaw. Chock-full of unforgettable adventures and original examples from around the world—including new work by Greg Pliska, one of America’s top puzzle-makers, and a hidden, super-challenging but solvable puzzle—The Puzzler will open readers’ eyes to the power of flexible thinking and concentration. Whether you’re puzzle obsessed or puzzle hesitant, you’ll walk away with real problem-solving strategies and pathways toward becoming a better thinker and decision maker—for these are certainly puzzling times.
Author : Jerry Slocum
Release : 1994
Genre : Games
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 796/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Puzzles Old & New by : Jerry Slocum
Download or read book Puzzles Old & New written by Jerry Slocum. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows a variety of antique and modern puzzles, including puzzle locks and rings, and folding, impossible object, vanish, dexterity, sequential movement, disentanglement, interlocking, and take-apart puzzles
Author : Gareth Moore
Release : 2017-11-02
Genre : Games & Activities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 616/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of Puzzles by : Gareth Moore
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Puzzles written by Gareth Moore. This book was released on 2017-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to keep your brain active and in trim? Challenge your mind with The Penguin Book of Puzzles . . . From the riddles of the ancients to puzzles that perplex the greatest minds of today, The Penguin Book of Puzzles is a glorious compendium of conundrums from throughout history. These challenges will require all the reader's wits to solve, but range from the easy to the brain-bending and are suitable for novice and veteran puzzlers alike. There is something here to suit every taste, including crosswords, mathematical challenges, word games and logic conundrums, but also some intriguing types of puzzles that have been unearthed from centuries gone by. Hours of fun await you in this timeless and entertaining miscellany of puzzlement. ____________ A Sumerian Riddle (circa 18th Century) There is a house. The blind enter it and then come out seeing. What is that house? ____________ A Charade I have wings, yet never fly - I have sails, yet never go - I cant keep still, if I try, Yet forever stand just so. ____________
Author : Martin Gardner
Release : 2001
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 236/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Colossal Book of Mathematics by : Martin Gardner
Download or read book Colossal Book of Mathematics written by Martin Gardner. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.
