The autobiography of the beloved writer who inspired a generation to study math and scienceMartin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and Alice in Wonderland.
A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreationLogic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular ever since.
A collection of crazy-but-true facts, peculiar occurrences, despicable crimes, bizarre records, unbelievable creatures, and many more shocking oddities.
One of Uncle Johns all-time biggest sellers, Great Big is overflowing with everything our fans have come to expect: urban legends, forgotten history, myth-conceptions, business blunders, strange lawsuits, weird politics, amazing origins, dumb crooks, celebrity gossip, brain teasers, short facts, and more!
In 'The Canterbury Puzzles & Other Curious Problems' by Henry Ernest Dudeney, readers are presented with a collection of challenging puzzles and brain-teasers that have entertained and perplexed readers for generations.
Rätselblock ab 10 Jahre, Band 2 – abwechslungsreiche Rätsel zur Beschäftigung für Kinder✅ Altersgerechter Rätselspaß: Labyrinthe, Sudokus und Fehlerbilder✅ Zahlen- und Wörträtsel sowie Scherzfragen und Witze✅ Fokus auf logischem Denken und Zusammenhänge erkennen✅ Förderung der Aufmerksamkeit, Konzentration und Feinmotorik✅ Sinnvolle Beschäftigung für zuhause und unterwegsFakten zum Rätselblock✅ DIN-A5-Block✅ 64 Seiten✅ Liebevoll farbig illustriert✅ Mit Lösungsteil am Ende des BlocksUnsere Rätselblock-Reihe: Rätselspaß für 3- bis 12-JährigeLangeweile?
If you are looking for a book that guarantees you to give different types of exciting and brain storming questions and answers on various subjects of common interest, such as Science, information and Technology, Literature, History, Geography, Sports, Cinema, Current Affairs, etc.
The book is a unique blend of intriguing Questions and Quizzes divided into various chapters, such as Numerals, Geometry and Algebra defining the meaning of Mathematics, its various branches and usage, explaining the different, simple and complex mathematical terms and including the several theorems and laws to make the subject easier and interesting to the readers, especially the young students.
Russland ist stolz auf eine lange und ruhmreiche Tradition in der Schachausbildung, und die russischen Schachlehrer und -trainer gelten als die besten auf der ganzen Welt.
For any advanced club player (Elo 1800 - 2300) one thing remains true: if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training your combination skills.
Viktor Moskalenko's bestselling books ';The Flexible French' (2008) and ';The Even More Flexible French' (2015) were hailed by reviewers from all over the world as eye-opening, full of new ideas, easy to read, sparkling, and inspirational.
Larry Kaufman can safely be called an exceptional chess grandmasterLarry Kaufman started out as a prodigy, however not in chess but as a whizz kid in science and math.
