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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... solutions and some short notes to certain problems that have in the past involved me in correspondence with interested ... solution. Solomon himself, who may be supposed to have been as sharp as most men at solving a puzzle, had to admit ...
... solutions and some short notes to certain problems that have in the past involved me in correspondence with interested ... solution. Solomon himself, who may be supposed to have been as sharp as most men at solving a puzzle, had to admit ...
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... solution of these things, yet it sometimes happens that a kind of natural cunning and sagacity is of considerable value. For many of the best problems cannot be solved by any familiar scholastic methods, but must be attacked on entirely ...
... solution of these things, yet it sometimes happens that a kind of natural cunning and sagacity is of considerable value. For many of the best problems cannot be solved by any familiar scholastic methods, but must be attacked on entirely ...
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... solution, he said, "This is not the puzzle I intended —you misunderstood me—but you have found out something much greater!" And the puzzle which that boy accidentally discovered is now in all the old puzzle books. Puzzles can be made ...
... solution, he said, "This is not the puzzle I intended —you misunderstood me—but you have found out something much greater!" And the puzzle which that boy accidentally discovered is now in all the old puzzle books. Puzzles can be made ...
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... solution . The riddle was this : " Out of the eater came forth meat , and out of the strong came forth sweetness . " The answer was , " A honey - comb in the body of a dead lion . " To - day this sort of riddle survives in such a form ...
... solution . The riddle was this : " Out of the eater came forth meat , and out of the strong came forth sweetness . " The answer was , " A honey - comb in the body of a dead lion . " To - day this sort of riddle survives in such a form ...
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... solution to which the performer tries to keep to himself. There are puzzles that look easy and are easy, puzzles that look easy and are difficult, puzzles that look difficult and are difficult, and puzzles that look difficult and are ...
... solution to which the performer tries to keep to himself. There are puzzles that look easy and are easy, puzzles that look easy and are difficult, puzzles that look difficult and are difficult, and puzzles that look difficult and are ...
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THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES & OTHER CURIOUS PROBLEMS: A Mathematical Puzzle Book Henry Ernest Dudeney Ograniczony podgląd - 2017 |
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