536 Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry E Dudeney

536 Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry E Dudeney

For two decades, self-taught mathematician Henry E. Dudeney wrote a puzzle page, Perplexities, for The Strand Magazine. Martin Gardner, longtime editor of Scientific American's mathematical games column, hailed Dudeney as England's greatest maker of puzzles, unsurpassed in the quantity and quality of his inventions. This compilation of Dudeney's long-inaccessible challenges attests to the puzzle-maker's gift for creating witty and compelling conundrums.
This treasury of intriguing puzzles begins with a selection of arithmetical and algebraical problems, including challenges involving money, time, speed, and distance. Geometrical problems follow, along with combinatorial and topological problems that feature magic squares and stars, route and network puzzles, and map coloring puzzles. The collection concludes with a series of game, domino, match, and unclassified puzzles. Solutions for all 536 problems are included, and charming drawings enliven the book.

English author and mathematician Henry E. Dudeney (1857-1930) specialized in logic and mathematical puzzles. His column, Perplexities, was a regular feature in The Strand Magazine for 20 years, and in 1926 he published the first known crossnumber puzzle.

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ISBN 13	9780486796864
ISBN 10	0486796868
Title	536 Puzzles and Curious Problems
Author	Henry E Dudeney
Series	Dover Math Games And Puzzles Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2016-09-30
Number of pages	448
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