The Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved is a unique, beautifully illustrated collection of riddles, puzzles, and enigmas that have amazed, amused, and bamboozled mankind for millennia. There are cunning conundrums from Ancient Egypt and Imperial China, modern mindbenders from America and Japan, and hundreds of other fiendish puzzles from around the world. All answers and explanations are included, making this book a fascinating and challenging overview of the history of puzzling. Can you work out the answers to The Riddle of the Sphinx (Egypt, 800BC), Sun Tzu’s Classic Problem (China, 400AD), The Bridges of Konigsburg (Prussia, 1776), The Monty Hall Problem (USA, 1975) and Fillomino (Japan 2001)?
The Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved is a unique, beautifully illustrated collection of riddles, puzzles, and enigmas that have amazed, amused, and bamboozled mankind for millennia. There are cunning conundrums from Ancient Egypt and Imperial China, modern mindbenders from America and Japan, and hundreds of other fiendish puzzles from around the world. All answers and explanations are included, making this book a fascinating and challenging overview of the history of puzzling. Can you work out the answers to The Riddle of the Sphinx (Egypt, 800BC), Sun Tzu’s Classic Problem (China, 400AD), The Bridges of Konigsburg (Prussia, 1776), The Monty Hall Problem (USA, 1975) and Fillomino (Japan 2001)?
Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved: 200 enigmas that have challenged mankind, from the dawn of time to the present day
304
Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved: 200 enigmas that have challenged mankind, from the dawn of time to the present day
304Hardcover
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781435121119 |
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| Publisher: | Sterling |
| Publication date: | 02/25/2010 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.12(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.52(d) |