9780486810041-0486810046-Puzzle Box, Volume 1 (Dover Brain Games)

Puzzle Box, Volume 1 (Dover Brain Games)

ISBN-13: 9780486810041
ISBN-10: 0486810046
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Donald Knuth, Harry Nelson, Andrea Gilbert, Bram Cohen, Helen Grabarchuk, Ed Pegg Jr., Richard Candy, Erich Friedman, Shelly Hazzard, Tanya Grabarchuk, Peter Grabarchuk, Serhiy Grabarchuk
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Dover Publications
Format: Paperback 96 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780486810041
ISBN-10: 0486810046
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Donald Knuth, Harry Nelson, Andrea Gilbert, Bram Cohen, Helen Grabarchuk, Ed Pegg Jr., Richard Candy, Erich Friedman, Shelly Hazzard, Tanya Grabarchuk, Peter Grabarchuk, Serhiy Grabarchuk
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Dover Publications
Format: Paperback 96 pages

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Puzzle Box, Volume 1 (Dover Brain Games) (ISBN-13: 9780486810041 and ISBN-10: 0486810046), written by authors Donald Knuth, Harry Nelson, Andrea Gilbert, Bram Cohen, Helen Grabarchuk, Ed Pegg Jr., Richard Candy, Erich Friedman, Shelly Hazzard, Tanya Grabarchuk, Peter Grabarchuk, Serhiy Grabarchuk, was published by Dover Publications in 2016. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Puzzle Box, Volume 1 (Dover Brain Games) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Multiplying my age by 6 then subtracting 6 produces the same result as subtracting 7 from my age then multiplying by 7. How old am I?
On my broken calculator with keys + - ÷ x =, the only functional number is 7. How can I get 34 to appear in the readout?
A country mints four denominations of coins, in whole numbers of cents. It takes four of these coins to make 21¢, or 24¢, or 25¢, or 26¢. What are the denominations of the coins?
These and almost 300 other mathematical puzzles appear in this original collection, devised by world-renowned mathematicians, puzzle creators, and devoted puzzle lovers. A unique puzzle project, it unites the efforts of a dozen authors, including software engineer Andrea Gilbert and Bram Cohen, author of the P2P BitTorrent protocol.
Seventeen different types of challenges include 3-D puzzles, chess puzzles, connections, dissections, foldings, geometrical puzzles, logic problems, matchstick puzzles, mazes, moving pieces, number puzzles, put-togethers, strimko, sudoku, visual puzzles, weightings, and word puzzles. The difficulty level of each puzzle is marked by stars, ranging from 2 to 5. Average difficulty level is about 3 stars, promising puzzle enthusiasts many entrancing hours of solving and enjoyment.
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