Can you solve my problems? : (Record no. 36145)

MARC details
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9781783351152
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 793.74 BE CA
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Bellos, Alex,
Dates 1969-,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Can you solve my problems? :
Subtitle a casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles
Statement of responsibility, etc. Alex Bellos
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London :
Publisher Guardian Books,
Date 2017.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 335 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 21 cm.
SUMMARY
Summary Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes - I challenge you to solve my problems. Here is the story of the puzzle, one of mankind's oldest and greatest forms of entertainment and enlightenment, told through 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia. It takes us from ancient China to medieval Europe, Victorian England to modern-day Japan, with stories of espionage, mathematical breakthroughs and puzzling rivalries along the way. You'll pit your wits against logic puzzles and kinship riddles, pangrams and river-crossing conundrums. Some solutions rely on a touch of cunning, others call for creativity, others need mercilessly logical thought. Some can only be solved by 2% of the population. All are guaranteed to sharpen your mind. Let's get puzzling...
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Puzzles
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Mathematical recreations
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Public note Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
25/06/2019 793.74 BE CA T0062638 25/06/2019 REGULAR Oct2019   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 29/07/2019 Virgin Megastore