Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers
Math, Logic & Word Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain
by Alex Bellos
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Pub Date Oct 27 2020 | Archive Date Nov 10 2020
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Description
Publisher’s Note: Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers was previously published in the UK under the title So You Think You’ve Got Problems?
In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example . . .
Ten lions and a sheep are in a pen. Any lion who eats the sheep will fall asleep. A sleeping lion will be eaten by another lion, who falls asleep in turn. If the lions are all perfect logicians, what happens?
Bellos pairs his fiendish brainteasers with fascinating history, so you’ll meet Alcuin, Sam Loyd, and other puzzle masters of yore—in between deranged despots and wily jailers with an unaccountable taste for riddles. Will you make it out alive? And what about the sheep?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781615197187 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
Links
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Lisa K, Reviewer
This was great to do while I was procrastinating after starting my veterinary assistant training. A much needed distraction with some laughs! Some of these were easy and others were super tough; something for everyone as a puzzle lover.
Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Available: 10/27/20
Media/Journalist 16509
This wasn't the sort of puzzle book I was expecting but it was a fun read. I read some of the puzzles to my 13 y/o son who enjoys a challenge. As another reviewer pointed out on Goodreads, they are rather "mathy" but I found that good for us as homeschoolers. Bellos includes lots of historical puzzles and it was fun to read some of them to my kids. There is a variety of types of puzzles, with some picture types (rotate the rabbits so these three ears are enough for all of them, draw lines on these dots to do this, etc.) and some that are more like math word problems, plus many others.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.
Educator 672695
Perilous Problems for Puzzle lovers is full of many brain teasing puzzles. The obvious answer is not always the right answer. It helps the brain look for patterns, sharpens reasoning skills and exercises your brain. I love how the author gives history and background about certain puzzles and how they have been shaped by mathematical history.
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