Classic Brainteasers

Classic Brainteasers
Author: Karen C. Richards
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2002
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402710674

There's nothing better than a tricky brain teaser to test your intellect and satisfy your quest for mental challenge. The search ends with this colossal assortment of classics.

Classic Brain Twisters

Classic Brain Twisters
Author: Derrick Niederman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Puzzles
ISBN: 9781402723605

To solve these tantalizing teasers, you'll need to think carefully and logically. No special knowledge is required ... just common sense.

Classic Brainteasers

Classic Brainteasers
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780806912615

A collection of tricky teasers, quirky questions, science stumpers, and logic puzzlers.

Brainteaser Physics

Brainteaser Physics
Author: Göran Grimvall
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2007-03-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780801885112

Does a glass of ice water filled to the brim overflow when the ice melts? Does the energy inside a sauna increase when you heat it up? What's the best way to cool your coffee—adding the creamer first or last? These and other challenging puzzlers provide a fresh—and fun—approach to learning real physics. Presenting both classic and new problems, Brainteaser Physics challenges readers to use imagination and basic physics principles to find the answers. Göran Grimvall provides detailed and accessible explanations of the solutions, sometimes correcting the standard explanations, sometimes putting a new twist on them. He provides diagrams and equations where appropriate and ends each problem by discussing a specific concept or offering an extra challenge. With Brainteaser Physics, students and veteran physicists alike can sharpen their critical and creative thinking—and have fun at the same time.

Mind-bending Classic Logic Puzzles

Mind-bending Classic Logic Puzzles
Author: Jenny Lynch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 1994
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781899712182

Crammed with a wide range of colourful, inventive and perplexing puzzles, this neat little book will engage even the least logical of minds. (From back cover).

Glimpses of Glory

Glimpses of Glory
Author: David Adam
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0819218650

Glimpses of Glory is the second in a three-volume collection of prayers and other resources based on the New Common Worship Lectionary used widely around the world. Written in the Celtic style for which the author is well-known, and linked to the Sunday readings, these prayers and intercessions may be used by congregations for the Prayers of the People, as well as by individuals seeking to supplement their personal devotions.

Math Puzzles Volume 1

Math Puzzles Volume 1
Author: Presh Talwalkar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-09-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517421625

You want to cut a tortilla into 8 pieces. What's the minimum number of cuts you need to make? Is it statistically harder to guess an iPhone password that uses 3-digits or one that uses 4 unique digits? Two friends agree to meet up in a bar between midnight and 1 am. Each arrives at a random time and will wait 10 minutes for the other to show before leaving. What is the probability the two will meet at the bar? What if they are playing strategically? The YouTube channel and blog Mind Your Decisions has millions of views for math videos and posts. This book is a compilation of 70 of the best puzzles, divided into 25 classic puzzles in counting and geometry, 25 probability puzzles, and 20 game theory puzzles.

Ancient Puzzles

Ancient Puzzles
Author: Dominic Olivastro
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1993-11
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN:

Comprising the entire brainteasing spectrum from the silly and quirky to the clever and profound and drawing on classic wisdom from around the world and from as far back as 7,000 B.C., this collection features puzzles via Hebrew mystics, medieval Muslims, Benjamin Franklin, Sun Tsu, and more.

Math Puzzles Volume 2

Math Puzzles Volume 2
Author: Presh Talwalkar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2015-10-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517531621

What is a better fit: a square peg in a round hole, or a round peg in a square hole?Your music player seems to be playing the same songs over again. Is there something wrong with the shuffle feature, or might the songs be playing randomly?You have 100 dimes, and I have 99 pennies. At the same time, we will toss our coins in the air and let them fall on the floor. Then we meticulously count the outcomes of our tosses. You win if you show more heads than I do. What's the probability that you will win?The YouTube channel and blog Mind Your Decisions has blog posts and original videos about math that have been viewed millions of times. The problems in this book are based on some of the best puzzles in counting, geometry, and probability and game theory.

Puzzles To Puzzle You

Puzzles To Puzzle You
Author: Shakuntala Devi
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9788122200140

Discover the adventure and excitement of mathematical puzzles. Match your wits with the human computer. Sharpen your intellect, delight your friends and enjoy hours of purposeful entertainment. Mathematics is not always hard, mind-boggling stuff. It can also be simple, delightful and interesting. Many famous mathematicians are known to be devoted to peg jumping puzzles. It is perhaps this kind of play that leads to scientific discoveries. The celebrity author, Shakuntala Devi, is regarded as 'authentic heroine of the twentieth century'. She calculates faster than the fastest computer, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and continues to amaze audiences around the world with her feats of calculation.