Author : Sam Loyd
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2007
Category : 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.
Author : Ronald C. Read
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 37,31 MB
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : 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.
Author : Chris Crawford
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 42,87 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780806975894
Gives the history of the ancient Chinese game of tangrams and shows how to arrange seven shapes into a variety of figures.
Author : Sam Loyd
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,54 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN :
Author : Jerry Slocum
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 11,36 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781402716881
A historical study on the ancient and popular Chinese puzzle game presents more than two thousand all-time tangrams, along with detailed instructions on how to arrange these intriguing puzzle tiles and presenting a variety of special puzzles for the reader to solve. Reprint.
Author : Jerry Slocum
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Board games
ISBN : 9781890980153
The 15 Puzzle Book contains an illustrated history of one of the most popular and important mechanical puzzles of all time. It can be argued that the 15 Puzzle in 1880 had the greatest impact on American and European society of any mechanical puzzle the world has ever known. Books by famous mathematicians tell that a deaf mute invented the 15 Puzzle but other sources claim it was invented by Sam Loyd, who Martin Gardner called, "America's greatest puzzle designer." Or has Sam Loyd, who claimed to invent the puzzle, continued to fool the world for more than 100 years? The true story of the puzzle is told here for the first time: - The real inventor and his patent application records were found. - The story of how the puzzle came to be manufactured. - Proof that the 15 Puzzle is mathematically impossible to solve. - How a young New Yorker solved it. - The worldwide puzzle craze that it created.
Author : Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,44 MB
Release : 2004-02-20
Category : 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
Author : Joost Elffers
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Games
ISBN : 9783822870389
Author : Colleen Adams
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823989218
This book introduces geometric shapes and describes how tangram puzzles have been popular in many cultures.
Author : Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1118045815
A walk through history's most mind-boggling puzzles Ever since the Sphinx asked his legendary riddle of Oedipus, riddles, conundrums, and puzzles of all sizes have kept humankind perplexed and amused. The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi takes die-hard puzzle mavens on a tour of the world's most enduringly intriguing braintwisters, from K?nigsberg's Bridges and the Hanoi Towers to Fibonacci's Rabbits, the Four Color Problem, and the Magic Square. Each chapter introduces the basic puzzle, discusses the mathematics behind it, and includes exercises and answers plus additional puzzles similar to the one under discussion. Here is a veritable kaleidoscope of puzzling labyrinths, maps, bridges, and optical illusions that will keep aficionados entertained for hours. Marcel Danesi (Etobicoke, ON, Canada) is the author of Increase Your Puzzle IQ
