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. |
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... once said: "Then can He make a stone so heavy that He can't lift it?" Many wide-awake grown-up people do not at once see a satisfactory answer. Yet the difficulty lies merely in the absurd , though cunning.
... once said: "Then can He make a stone so heavy that He can't lift it?" Many wide-awake grown-up people do not at once see a satisfactory answer. Yet the difficulty lies merely in the absurd , though cunning.
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... once to several of the classes. There are many ingenious mechanical puzzles that you cannot classify, as they stand ... once clear and exact and not so prolix as to destroy all interest in the thing. I remember once propounding a problem ...
... once to several of the classes. There are many ingenious mechanical puzzles that you cannot classify, as they stand ... once clear and exact and not so prolix as to destroy all interest in the thing. I remember once propounding a problem ...
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... once thought I had carefully excluded all such tricks in a particular puzzle of this class . But a sapient reader made all the people swim across without using the boat at all ! Of course , some few puzzles are intended to be solved by ...
... once thought I had carefully excluded all such tricks in a particular puzzle of this class . But a sapient reader made all the people swim across without using the boat at all ! Of course , some few puzzles are intended to be solved by ...
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... 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 say exactly what is the length of the side. You can have it which way you like, but you ...
... 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 say exactly what is the length of the side. You can have it which way you like, but you ...
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... once , without unnecessary preamble , to give my readers an opportunity of solving them and testing their quality . There are certainly far more difficult puzzles extant , but difficulty and interest are two qualities of puzzledom that ...
... once , without unnecessary preamble , to give my readers an opportunity of solving them and testing their quality . There are certainly far more difficult puzzles extant , but difficulty and interest are two qualities of puzzledom that ...
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THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES & OTHER CURIOUS PROBLEMS: A Mathematical Puzzle Book Henry Ernest Dudeney Ograniczony podgląd - 2017 |
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