The Canterbury Puzzles, and Other Curious ProblemsGood Press, 21 lis 2019 - 2500 Intellectual fun awaits in Henry Dudeney's work, 'The Canterbury Puzzles, and Other Curious Problems'. A world of mathematical puzzles inspired by the timeless tales of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales' is one of the book's highlights. From challenging logic puzzles to whimsical brain teasers, this collection offers a symphony of perplexing enigmas to captivate and entertain. |
Z wnętrza książki
Wyniki 1 - 5 z 45
Strona
... never like to feel our mental inferiority to those around us. The spirit of rivalry is innate in man; it stimulates the smallest child, in play or education, to keep level with his fellows, and in later life it turns men into great ...
... never like to feel our mental inferiority to those around us. The spirit of rivalry is innate in man; it stimulates the smallest child, in play or education, to keep level with his fellows, and in later life it turns men into great ...
Strona
... never quite determined which) claimed to have solved it in only one straight line, because, as she said, "I have taken care to make all the others crooked!" Who could have anticipated such a quibble? Then if you give a " crossing the ...
... never quite determined which) claimed to have solved it in only one straight line, because, as she said, "I have taken care to make all the others crooked!" Who could have anticipated such a quibble? Then if you give a " crossing the ...
Strona
... never hastily assume it . To quibble over the conditions is the last resort of the defeated would - be solver . Sometimes people will attempt to bewilder you by curious little twists in the meaning of words . A man recently propounded ...
... never hastily assume it . To quibble over the conditions is the last resort of the defeated would - be solver . Sometimes people will attempt to bewilder you by curious little twists in the meaning of words . A man recently propounded ...
Strona
... never say in exact numbers what is the length of that diagonal. The simple person will at once suggest that we might take our diagonal first, say an exact foot, and then construct our square. Yes, you can do this, but then you can never ...
... never say in exact numbers what is the length of that diagonal. The simple person will at once suggest that we might take our diagonal first, say an exact foot, and then construct our square. Yes, you can do this, but then you can never ...
Strona
... never completed , and perhaps that is why the quaint and curious " Canterbury Puzzles , " devised and propounded by the same body of pilgrims , were not also recorded by the poet's pen . This is greatly to be regretted , since Chaucer ...
... never completed , and perhaps that is why the quaint and curious " Canterbury Puzzles , " devised and propounded by the same body of pilgrims , were not also recorded by the poet's pen . This is greatly to be regretted , since Chaucer ...
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES & OTHER CURIOUS PROBLEMS: A Mathematical Puzzle Book Henry Ernest Dudeney Ograniczony podgląd - 2017 |
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
Abbot amusement arranged asked bottles castle Chaucer cheeses chess problems chessboard club contain corner correct answer count course cubes curious diagonal diagram digital root divided divisors doth dungeon easy eight eleven equal exactly feet fewest possible moves figures five footprints four pieces Friar frogs geese give Hawkhurst illustration inches kayle-pins Kayles kissed lady length letters little puzzle magic square Marksford matter Melville merry monks multiplied Mystery never night nine once perfect square perplexed pilgrims pint play player poser problem propounded pudding Puzzle Club Ramsgate Ravensdene reader recurring decimals riddle Riddlewell rings round route shown side simple Sir Hugh sixty-four smallest possible number snail solution Solvamhall solve Sompnour Squire's stools straight line Tabard Table of Contents tell thereof thing thou twelve Victor Hirtzler Wife of Bath wine withal words