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Puzzles for pleasure /
Are you one of the millions of people throughout the world that are fascinated by puzzles, conundrums and brain teasers? If so then you will want this collection of amusing twisters from Barry Clarke. Based on his extensive experience of writing for the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and New Scientis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Halt-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; A history of recreational Mathematics; Popular puzzles; Wong sum; Strange street; Harvey''s wall climber; Word bandit 1 ; Prime of life; The horse and the hurdle; Cornflakes and porridge; Railway rhyme; Safe conduct; The doubtful die; Word bandit 2 ; Muddle market; Fractionally mean; Domino chain; Signs of confusion; Room for assistance; King-size conundrum; Word bandit 3; The six sheep pens; Find the burglars ; The enigmatic interview; Sorry Dad; Save the city; Crumple towers; Word bandit 4
- Romance on the stoneQuite a card; The three piles of coins; Cubic incapacity; Extra sensory deception; True to the tribe; Word bandit 5; The stuff of dreams; Counting sheep; The reclusive inventor; Advanced puzzles; The engineer''s dilemma ; Lost In space; A tall story; The mathematical garden ; Round the clock; Per hate; Sum secret; Selfish sons; The Three Bears; Cryptlc cave lines; The three prisoners; Taking a bath ; The balanced bridge; Elixir of life; The great escape ; Logical legacy; Wire wizards ; The broken pentomino ; One for the road ; In the same boat; Hints; Solutions; References