Math and Logic Puzzles for PC Enthusiasts

Math and Logic Puzzles for PC Enthusiasts PDF

Author: J. J. Clessa

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780486291925

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Treasury of 135 bafflers (70 "quickies" and 65 "micropuzzles") specially designed for computer hobbyists. Puzzles range from relatively simple exercises in logic to daunting mathematical brainteasers. Although a computer is helpful, many can be solved with pocket calculator, pen-and-paper or just plain brain-power. Introduction. Answers.

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles PDF

Author: Martin Gardner

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-04-10

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0486320324

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The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.

Puzzles in Math and Logic

Puzzles in Math and Logic PDF

Author: Aaron J. Friedland

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780486222561

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Selected brain teasers requiring geometric, algebraic, and logical solutions

101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic

101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic PDF

Author: Clarence Raymond Wylie

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780486203676

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Contains over one hundred problems in which reasoning is required to reach the answer, ranging from easy to relatively difficult. Includes solutions.

Intriguing Mathematical Problems

Intriguing Mathematical Problems PDF

Author: Oswald Jacoby

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780486292618

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Treasury of stimulating, challenging brainteasers includes puzzles involving numbers, letters, probability, reasoning, whole numbers, more. The Enterprising Snail, The Fly and the Bicycles, The Lovesick Cockroaches, Mr. Wright and the Insurance Salesman, many others. No advanced math needed. Solutions included.

Mathematical Puzzles

Mathematical Puzzles PDF

Author: Sam Loyd

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780486204987

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Bizarre imagination, originality, trickiness, and whimsy characterize puzzles of Sam Loyd, America's greatest puzzler. Present selection from fabulously rare Cyclopedia includes the famous 14-15 puzzles, the Horse of a Different Color, and 115 others in various areas of elementary math. 150 period line drawings.

The Enjoyment of Mathematics

The Enjoyment of Mathematics PDF

Author: Hans Rademacher

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780486262420

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Requiring only a basic background in plane geometry and elementary algebra, this classic poses 28 problems that introduce the fundamental ideas that make mathematics truly exciting. "Excellent . . . a thoroughly enjoyable sampler of fascinating mathematical problems and their solutions"—Science Magazine.

Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers

Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers PDF

Author: Alex Bellos

Publisher: The Experiment

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1615197184

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Put your wits—and survival instincts—to the test! 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?

Test Your Logic

Test Your Logic PDF

Author: George J. Summers

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1972-06

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780486228778

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Fifty unique brain-teasers requiring a minimum of mathematical skills challenge the reader's ability to reason logically