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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... readers of all ages . Word games and logic puzzles and everything in between are contained in this book . Even today , over a century after it was first published , readers find themselves amused by these puzzles meant to train the mind ...
... readers of all ages . Word games and logic puzzles and everything in between are contained in this book . Even today , over a century after it was first published , readers find themselves amused by these puzzles meant to train the mind ...
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... reader has a predilection for problems with Moving Counters, or for Magic Squares, or for Combination and Group Puzzles, he will find that in the index these are brought together for his convenience. Though the problems are quite ...
... reader has a predilection for problems with Moving Counters, or for Magic Squares, or for Combination and Group Puzzles, he will find that in the index these are brought together for his convenience. Though the problems are quite ...
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... readers could give the correct reply ? Many people are satisfied with the most ridiculous answers to puzzling questions . If you ask , " Why can we see through glass ? " nine people out of ten will reply , " Because it is transparent ...
... readers could give the correct reply ? Many people are satisfied with the most ridiculous answers to puzzling questions . If you ask , " Why can we see through glass ? " nine people out of ten will reply , " Because it is transparent ...
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... reader might suppose so to word the conditions of a new puzzle that they are at once clear and exact and not so prolix as to destroy all interest in the thing. I remember once propounding a problem that required something to be done in ...
... reader might suppose so to word the conditions of a new puzzle that they are at once clear and exact and not so prolix as to destroy all interest in the thing. I remember once propounding a problem that required something to be done in ...
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... reader made all the people swim across without using the boat at all ! Of course , some few puzzles are intended to be solved by some trick of this kind ; and if there happens to be no solution without the trick it is perfectly ...
... reader made all the people swim across without using the boat at all ! Of course , some few puzzles are intended to be solved by some trick of this kind ; and if there happens to be no solution without the trick it is perfectly ...
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THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES & OTHER CURIOUS PROBLEMS: A Mathematical Puzzle Book Henry Ernest Dudeney Ograniczony podgląd - 2017 |
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