1,000 Playthinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions & Games

1,000 Playthinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions & Games

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THE MOST WIDE-RANGING, VISUALLY APPEALING, ENTERTAINING, GIGANTIC COLLECTION OF BRAINTEASERS SINE SAM LOYD'S CYCLOPEDIA OF PUZZLES ALMOST A CENTURY AGO. (Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times, and NPR's Puzzlemaster

A compulsive, exuberant cornucopia of puzzles, 1000 PlayThinks is like salted peanuts for the brain. Here are mental games, visual challenges, logic posers, riddles and illusions.




Can you cross the IMPOSSIBLE DOMINO BRIDGE? Wield the SICKLE OF ARCHIMEDES? Or figure out how to avoid the booby prizes in GAME SHOW?




Comprised of both original puzzles and mind-boggling adaptations of classic games this book, written by a man Wired magazine called a living inspiration for the rest of us, celebrate that unique place where pure play and problem-solving coexist.




Start solving. And right away you'll feel smart, intuitive, curious, successful and at one with the beauty of mathematics.




Find the Perfect Puzzle




WARM - UPS




249 TUBE ILLUSION 368 PERMUTINO 709 MOBIUS STRIP 835 BOMBS AWAY 913 BIRD IN THE CAGE




CHALLENGING




270 KISSING SPHERES 445 SEPARATING CATS 758 JUMPING DISKS 80 KNIGHTS ATTACK 181 HAMILTONIAN CIRCUIT




PURE GENIUS




172 CRANKSHAFT 242 APOLLONIUS'S PROBLEM 42 HEPTAGON MAGIC 165 MATCH POINT 714 M-PIRE COLORING GAME



Categories:


  • Science & Math
    • Mathematics




Publisher : Workman Publishing Company

Author : Moscovich, Ivan

Language : English

Edition : Spi

Published :2001-10-01

Number Of Pages : 420

Binding : paperback

ISBN-10 : 0761118268

ISBN-13 : 9780761118268

Item weight : 4.54 lb

Dimensions : 1.02 in x 11.02 in x 11.73 in

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