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NeilS Inner circle 3237 Posts |
I am looking for a good book on puzzles, riddles and conundrums. I know I could pursue this on Amazon but, knowing how many here enjoy thought provoking puzzles, has anyone got a really good recommendation, perhaps of a book which has some hidden gems in its pages.
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owen.daniel Inner circle England 1048 Posts |
Hi.
A favourite of mine is Peter Winkler's Mathematical Puzzles, and he also has several follow up books in the same direction. The questions are sometimes quite mathematical in nature, but other times are just logic problems. Of course there is also the vast expanse of puzzles contained in Martin Gardner's books. Owen |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Fortunately, Martin Gardner has some compilations of puzzles that have previously appeared in other books. Here's an inexpensive way to begin. If those seem too difficult there's a link on the same page to a collection of some of his easier puzzles.
Click here to get Gerald Deutsch's Perverse Magic: The First Sixteen Years
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MeetMagicMike Inner circle Gainesville Fl 3504 Posts |
It is pure joy to cruise used bookstores looking for Martin Gardner books. Mathematical Circus, Mathematical Carnival, Mathematical Magic Show, Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers are some of my favorites. I have hard back copies of all of these and more most of which were retired from public libraries.
I also like Douglas Hofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach". It's not so much a puzzle book. More of a discussion of paradoxes. A great read. I can't claim that I kept up with the discussion the whole time. I have an old book called "Fun with Puzzles" by Joseph Leeming that is chock full of the kind of puzzles that I like to use in restaurants on the general public. Things like "You have a 3 gallon jug and a 5 gallon jug. How do you measure exactly 4 gallons?" (The one used in Die Hard 3) |
DelMagic Special user 721 Posts |
I really like Gardner's Aha Gotcha and Aha Insight books.
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paperinick Inner circle my faro is starting to look nice after 1177 Posts |
Edward De Bono and his book about Lateral Thinking have a good source of material.
Also "How would you move the mount Fuji" is a good one too.
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death my right to say "scr*w you" if you persist. [Voltaire ]
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