Sam Loyd's Book of Tangrams

Sam Loyd's Book of Tangrams
Author: Sam Loyd
Publisher: Dover Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Tangrams
ISBN: 9780486454245

This classic by a famed puzzle expert features 700 tangrams and solutions, plus a charming satirical commentary on the puzzle's origins, its religious significance, and its relationship to mathematics.

The Book of Tangrams

The Book of Tangrams
Author: Sam Loyd
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2019-03-20
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486838765

The tangram's challenge lies in arranging seven geometrical pieces — a square, rhomboid, and five triangles — into a variety of different shapes. These 700 absorbing puzzles include complete solutions.

Tangrams

Tangrams
Author: Ronald C. Read
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2014-12-08
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486801292

This collection gathers together nearly 330 tangrams, the best creations of both Chinese and Occidental puzzle devisers. Puzzles range from the relatively easy to the difficult.

Tangrams Book

Tangrams Book
Author: James Lyon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2013-10-21
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1626860823

Stretch your brain with shape puzzles! Use the tans to make pictures and you will improve your lateral thinking and creativity. Based on the best-selling Book-in-a-Box kits, the Tangrams Book will help you stretch the visual side of your brain—whatever your age! First solve the puzzle by creating the shape shown, and then change it into the new shape with only the number of moves indicated.

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2013-04-10
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486320324

The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.

The Puzzle Instinct

The Puzzle Instinct
Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2004-02-20
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780253217080

"Humans are the only animals who create and solve puzzles--for the sheer pleasure of it--and there is no obvious genetic reason why we would do this. Marcel Danesi explores the psychology of puzzles and puzzling, with scores of classic examples. His pioneering book is both entertaining and enlightening." --Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times "... Puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis." --Psychology Today "... a bristlingly clear... always intriguing survey of the history and rationale of puzzles.... A] splendid study...." --Knight Ridder Newspapers

Tangrams ABC Kit

Tangrams ABC Kit
Author: Susan Johnston
Publisher: Dover Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1979
Genre: Geometry
ISBN: 9780486238531

122 new tangram puzzles based on the alphabet acrobat, bird, helicopter, more. 2 sets of playing pieces. Solutions. "