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Can You Solve My Problems?

A casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles
By Alex Bellos
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In Can You Solve My Problems? by Alex Bellos, you'll embark on an engaging journey through a variety of intriguing puzzles and problems, highlighting the rich history and fascinating world of recreational mathematics. The book explores different types of challenges, from brain teasers to complex conundrums, crafted to stimulate both novice and seasoned puzzle enthusiasts. Filled with historical anecdotes and thoughtful insights, it offers a captivating exploration of the art of problem-solving.
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This book may appeal to you if you love puzzles, brainteasers, and exploring the curious world of mathematics. It offers a collection of intriguing and challenging problems that will delight anyone interested in exercising their mind and uncovering the art and history of logic puzzles.

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Can You Solve My Problems?

The bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland tells the story of the puzzle through 125 of the world's best brainteasers. Packed with eye-opening anecdotes, brain-stretching ideas and thoroughly addictive puzzles Can You Solve My Problems? will leave you wonderstruck

The bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland tells the story of the puzzle through 125 of the world's best brainteasers. Packed with eye-opening anecdotes, brain-stretching ideas and thoroughly addictive puzzles Can You Solve My Problems? will leave you wonderstruck.

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Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes - I challenge you to solve my problems.

Here is the story of the puzzle, one of mankind's oldest and greatest forms of entertainment and enlightenment, told through 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia. It takes us from ancient China to medieval Europe, Victorian England to modern-day Japan, with stories of espionage, mathematical breakthroughs and puzzling rivalries along the way.

You'll pit your wits against logic puzzles and kinship riddles, pangrams and river-crossing conundrums. Some solutions rely on a touch of cunning, others call for creativity, others need mercilessly logical thought. Some can only be solved by 2% of the population. All are guaranteed to sharpen your mind.

Let's get puzzling...

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781783351152

Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Guardian Faber Publishing

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 292g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Alex Bellos is brilliant on all things mathematical. He has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University. His bestselling books Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Alex Through the Looking-Glass have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the co-author of a mathematical colouring book, Snowflake, Seashell, Star, and he has launched an elliptical pool table, LOOP. He writes a popular maths blog and a puzzle blog for the Guardian.

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