Author : Sam Loyd
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,89 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 : 31,99 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 : Jerry Slocum
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 19,25 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 : Chris Crawford
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 14,49 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 : 29,34 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN :
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486320324
The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.
Author : Joost Elffers
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 27,7 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Games
ISBN : 9783822870389
Author : Susan Johnston
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Geometry
ISBN : 9780486238531
122 new tangram puzzles based on the alphabet acrobat, bird, helicopter, more. 2 sets of playing pieces. Solutions. "
Author : Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 27,44 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 : Sam Loyd
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release : 2019-03-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486838765
The tangram's challenge lies in arranging seven geometrical pieces — a square, rhomboid, and five triangles — into a variety of different shapes. These 700 absorbing puzzles include complete solutions.
