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So You Think You've Got Problems
Surprising and Rewarding Puzzles to Sharpen Your Mind
- Faber & Faber
- by Alex Bellos
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Publisher | Faber & Faber |
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ISBN | 9781783351916 |
Author(s) | Alex Bellos |
Publication date | July 2020 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Pages | 288 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Everything is at stake in this compendium of more than 150 ingenious puzzles, selected to reveal the wonderful diversity of brainteasers that have confounded and intrigued solvers for the last thousand years. You'll need to pit your wits against probability problems, wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry and scrabble for survival. Along the way you will discover stories of whip-smart thinkers, eccentric novelists and a poodle with allegedly supernatural powers. You will absorb fascinating and important mathematical ideas. Some solutions will rely on ingenuity, some will challenge you to spot hidden patterns, others call for extreme rationality. All will surprise, entertain and stretch your brain.