Can You Solve My Problems?: Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles

Puzzle lovers, rejoice

Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia.

Armed with logic alone, you'll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then--with just a dash of high school math--you'll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create every number from 1 to 50. (It can be done )

The ultimate casebook for daring puzzlers, Can You Solve My Problems? also tells the story of the puzzle--from ancient China to Victorian England to modern-day Japan. Grab your pencil and get puzzling

Author: Alex Bellos
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 03/21/2017
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781615193882
ISBN10: 161519388X
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Recreations & Games
- Games & Activities | Puzzles
- Games & Activities | Logic & Brain Teasers