Puzzle-lovers of all ages will gobble up this smorgasbord of riddles,
mysteries, and logic problems. The fanciful four-part collection begins
with arithmetic puzzles for younger readers and advances to logic
problems related to crime detection. Part three features logic and
arithmetic puzzles involving King Arthur and his Dogs of the Round
Table. This compilation of original conundrums concludes with Merlin's
elaborate plan for a grand search to locate the king's missing dog.
The author of more than twenty books, mathematician Raymond Smullyan is
also a magician and musician with decades of experience in keeping
audiences entertained. Many of his stories are rooted in classic
puzzles, but his innovative approaches offer even the most
mathematically knowledgeable readers novel ways of thinking about
traditional logic problems. Fifteen chapters abound in riddles and other
playful devices, and the creative solutions are as much fun as the
puzzles!