Puzzle lovers, rejoice!
Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the
world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia.
Armed with logic alone, you'll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river
crossings, and untangle family trees. Then--with just a dash of high
school math--you'll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a
cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create every number from 1 to 50. (It
can be done!)
The ultimate casebook for daring puzzlers, Can You Solve My Problems?
also tells the story of the puzzle--from ancient China to Victorian
England to modern-day Japan. Grab your pencil and get puzzling!