Can You Solve My Problems?: Ingenious, Perplexing, And Totally Satisfying Math And Logic Puzzles (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books)

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: The Experiment
• | Publication Date: Mar 21, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Games & Activities
• | ISBN-10: 161519388X
• | ISBN-13: 9781615193882