THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES & OTHER CURIOUS PROBLEMS: A Mathematical Puzzle Booke-artnow, 6 paź 2017 - 257 This eBook edition of "The Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious Problems" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Henry Ernest Dudeney (1857–1930) was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the country's foremost creators of puzzles. The Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious Problems is a 1907 mathematical puzzle book by Henry Dudeney. The first part of the book features a series of puzzles based on the characters from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer. The ebook contains illustrations, explanations and answers to each puzzle and is still actual in testing your mathematical skills and your capacity of problem solving. HISTORICAL PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES": "It is a book of remarkable ingenuity and interest."—Educational Times. "The most ingenious brain in England ... a fascinating new book."—Evening News. "A capital book of posers."—Daily News. "The Puzzles ... reach the limit of ingenuity and intricacy; and it is well for the sanity of his readers that the author gives a list of solutions at the end of the book."—Observer. "A book that will provide much entertainment for Christmas gatherings ... ingenious puzzles and problems invented by 'Sphinx,' the Puzzle King."—The Captain. "Mr. Dudeney, whose reputation is world-wide as the puzzle and problem maker of the age ... sure to find a wide circulation ... as attractive in appearance as its contents are fascinating."—English Mechanic and World of Science. "An exceedingly ingenious constructor and solver of fascinating puzzles, mathematical and otherwise."—School Guardian. "A book which ought to be highly popular ... it is all mighty ingenious, and very intelligently put before the reader."—Sheffield Telegraph. |
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The Monks Puzzle | |
The Shipmans Puzzle | |
The Puzzle of the Prioress | |
The Puzzle of the Doctor of Physic | |
The Ploughmans Puzzle | |
The Franklins Puzzle | |
The Squires Puzzle | |
The Friars Puzzle | |
The Parsons Puzzle | |
The Haberdashers Puzzle | |
The Dyers Puzzle | |
The Great Dispute between the Friar and the Sompnour | |
Chaucers Puzzle | |
The Puzzle of the Canons Yeoman | |
The Manciples Puzzle | |
PUZZLING TIMES AT SOLVAMHALL CASTLE | |
The Game of BandyBall | |
Tilting at the Ring | |
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