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The New Scientist Puzzle Book

By Rob Eastaway, Brian Hobbs

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This highly engaging collection of 70 puzzles comes from the popular weekly column in New Scientistmagazine. You'll find puzzles that are great for sharing with friends at a pub, problems drawn fromreal-life situations, games with intriguing strategies, and puzzles with such creative andwhimsical storylines that they need to be explained to be believed. With the solutions you'll read the untold back stories behind the puzzles, and a fascinatingexploration of related puzzles and mathematical ideas. You'll learn why a particular puzzleadaptation involved talking to an expert in sheep genetics, which solution was thought up by theBBC Radio 5 Drive team, and outside-the-box solutions to apparently straightforwardchallenges. This book is a must for any lover of puzzles or recreational mathematics.

Product code: 9781838958770

ISBN 9781838958770
Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) 234x153x17
No. Of Pages 240
Publisher Atlantic Books
On Sale Date 05/10/2023
Edition Main
This highly engaging collection of 70 puzzles comes from the popular weekly column in New Scientistmagazine. You'll find puzzles that are great for sharing with friends at a pub, problems drawn fromreal-life situations, games with intriguing strategies, and puzzles with such creative andwhimsical storylines that they need to be explained to be believed. With the solutions you'll read the untold back stories behind the puzzles, and a fascinatingexploration of related puzzles and mathematical ideas. You'll learn why a particular puzzleadaptation involved talking to an expert in sheep genetics, which solution was thought up by theBBC Radio 5 Drive team, and outside-the-box solutions to apparently straightforwardchallenges. This book is a must for any lover of puzzles or recreational mathematics.