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Mathematical Puzzles, for Beginners and Enthusiasts
by Geoffrey Mott-Smith
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dover Publications (1954-06)
ISBN: 0486201988
EAN: 9780486201986
Dewy Decimal #: 510.76
Paperback: 248 pages
Edition: 2 Revised
SKU: MOZ127376
Condition: Good
Comments: 0486201988 Book free of markings but prior owner name inside. Cover shows moderate wear including mild corner bumps and associated creases. Interior & spine evidence only gentle use; overall, a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Customer Reviews
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Approachable, engaging, challenging puzzles
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-08-03
This is a delightful collection of head-scratchers all described in an easy-going format. Puzzles (all of them are word puzzles, and all answers appear at the back) are grouped as algebraic, geometric, easy-arithmetical, combinatoric, puzzles about integers, etc.; none are trivial, some are extremely challenging, and they all teach some point about inference or mathematical method. In the preface, the author writes, "Some of these puzzles are old favorites... to solve many of the puzzles, you need no knowledge of mathematics other than simple arithmetic... the full method of solution is explained for the more difficult puzzles."
Great, great, great for taking an entertaining tour in mathematics and gaining some problem-solving wisdom along the way. When you solve any of these, you'll really feel ingenious. Thank you, Mr. Mott-Smith!
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First-rate
Rating (5)
Date: 1998-08-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a first-rate collection of mathematical puzzles, from the very easy to the quite difficult. The book is divided into chapters, which usually begin with some discussion of techniques for solving a particular class of puzzles. It stays away from the super-difficult category. As such this book is for nearly everyone, not just those who want to prove their puzzle-solving skill.
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