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Author : Ivan Moscovich
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0761118268
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)
Download or read book 1,000 Playthinks written by Ivan Moscovich and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of visual challenges, riddles, and puzzles.
Author : Ivan Moscovich
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780761134664
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book The Big Book of Brain Games written by Ivan Moscovich and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the original 1000 PlayThinks,Will Shortz of The New York Times said it best: “The most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining, gigantic collection of brainteasers since Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles almost a century ago.” Inside The Big Book of Brain Games, you will find an obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions—originals as well as must-do classics—it’s like salted peanuts for the brain. With jampacked pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is a call to action. (And it’s guaranteed to make you smarter.) Twelve basic categories include Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An easy-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10, while indices in the back cross-reference the puzzles. (You’ll find the answers back there, too.)
Author : Ivan Moscovich
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402727320
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (273 download)
Download or read book Tough Topology Problems & Other Puzzles written by Ivan Moscovich and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful geometrical pentagors, composed of pentagons and triangles and dissected into pieces: Can you put the shapes together again to form a whole? A classic paradox about the nature of motion from a famous Greek mathematician: Can you see what’s wrong with it? Put on your thinking cap and prepare to give your math and logic abilities a workout, because these super-looking puzzles demand real brainpower. Solve a graphic problem that involves the calculation of a square root. Examine six linear processions of egg-carrying ants, and figure out which lines are “surprising” and which ones aren’t. Go step by step through a multihued grid and try to find 32 different configurations within. These puzzles are challenging, entertaining, and satisfying to unravel.
Author : Andy Parr
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486813487
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Puzzle Box written by Andy Parr and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasury of 300 puzzles features 3D and chess puzzles, connections, dissections, foldings, geometrical and number puzzles, logic problems, matchstick puzzles, mazes, moving pieces, put-togethers, strimkos, sudoku, and visual and word puzzles.
Author : Ivan Moscovich
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402716669
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (166 download)
Download or read book The Hinged Square & Other Puzzles written by Ivan Moscovich and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful square, dissected into four parts, with hinges marked in black. If you leave the blue piece fixed and swing the others around their hinges, a new shape will emerge. Can you guess just by looking what it will be? This is just one of the tricky geometrical gems that will make a puzzler’s mind work overtime. Try drawing a set of variously shaped polygons using only a compass and a ruler (no measuring allowed!), figuring out which of two sculptures is bigger (logic alone won’t give you the answer), and lots more.
Author : Milo Beckman
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241507588
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)
Download or read book Math Without Numbers written by Milo Beckman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and fear) about maths out of the equation - starting with numbers' The Times 'A cheerful, chatty, and charming trip through the world of mathematics. . . Everyone should read this delightful book' Ian Stewart, author of Do Dice Play God? The only numbers in this book are the page numbers. The three main branches of abstract math - topology, analysis, and algebra - turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. Or at least, they are when our guide is a math prodigy. With forthright wit and warm charm, Milo Beckman upends the conventional approach to mathematics, inviting us to think creatively about shape and dimension, the infinite and the infinitesimal, symmetries, proofs, and all how all these concepts fit together. Why is there a million dollar prize for counting shapes? Is anything bigger than infinity? And how is the 'truth' of mathematics actually decided? A vivid and wholly original guide to the math that makes the world tick and the planets revolve, Math Without Numbers makes human and understandable the elevated and hypothetical, allowing us to clearly see abstract math for what it is: bizarre, beautiful, and head-scratchingly wonderful.
Author : Ivan Moscovich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780228101536
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Puzzle Universe written by Ivan Moscovich and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A renowned puzzle master and game inventor presents 315 new and traditional puzzles. The Puzzle Universe is intended for general readers and devoted puzzlers. It is about the latent beauty of mathematics, its history, and the puzzles that have advanced and emerged from the science of numbers. It is full of challenging historical facts, thinking puzzles, paradoxes, illusions, and problem solving. There are 315 puzzles in this book. Extended captions explain in easy terms the value of the puzzles for mathematical and educational purposes, particularly in light of the findings of recent research. This historical and pedagogical dimension sets The Puzzle Universe apart from similar books. The puzzles appear in a dynamic layout for a visual experience that is Ivan Moscovich's trademark. There are ten chapters complete with answers. Icons show the challenge rating and the tools needed (pencil, scissors, ruler, and of course, brain) to solve the puzzle."--
Author : Scott Kim
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0761179771
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Big Mind Benders written by Scott Kim and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart, addictive, challenging, fun, and good for the brain—here, in the irresistible 4" x 6" games format, are more than 450 truly satisfying, mind-expanding, full-color puzzles. It’s like salted peanuts for the puzzle aficionado and boot camp for the neophyte who wants to give his or her mind a workout. Created by puzzle master Scott Kim—a contributor to Games and Discover magazines—and adapted from the bestselling Amazing Mind Benders Page-A-Day Calendar, The Little Book of Big Mind Benders is a cornucopia of spatial puzzles, number challenges, wordplay, visual conundrums, and more. The puzzles are categorized by type but distributed throughout the book in a mixed fashion (i.e., a word puzzle next to a number puzzle next to a visual stumper). Readers can move page by page, working different parts of the brain—or easily find their favorite type of puzzle, going from easy to challenging. Test your knack for patterns with Dot Matrix. Put the pieces together in Assemblies. Deduce the secret word in Letter Swap, or untangle the mangled phrases of Lost in Translation. Plus discover cool twists on Sudoku, far-out ambigrams, Wordezoids, mazes, and number crunches. Answers are included in the back of the book.
Author : Ivan Moscovich
Publisher : H.F. Ullmann
ISBN 13 : 9780841611399
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Brainmatics written by Ivan Moscovich and published by H.F. Ullmann. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtually a modern fitness studio for the brain, 150 diverse puzzles help to keep minds flexible and to boost mental stamina in logical and mathematical thinking. The challenges posed by this new training program are a fun way of finding a logical path through the puzzle labyrinth.
Author : TINARELLI
Publisher : White Star Kids
ISBN 13 : 9788854415553
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Big Book Brain Games: Ingenious Board Hb written by TINARELLI and published by White Star Kids. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anany Levitin
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199740445
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Algorithmic Puzzles written by Anany Levitin and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Algorithmic puzzles are puzzles involving well-defined procedures for solving problems. This book will provide an enjoyable and accessible introduction to algorithmic puzzles that will develop the reader's algorithmic thinking. The first part of this book is a tutorial on algorithm design strategies and analysis techniques. Algorithm design strategies — exhaustive search, backtracking, divide-and-conquer and a few others — are general approaches to designing step-by-step instructions for solving problems. Analysis techniques are methods for investigating such procedures to answer questions about the ultimate result of the procedure or how many steps are executed before the procedure stops. The discussion is an elementary level, with puzzle examples, and requires neither programming nor mathematics beyond a secondary school level. Thus, the tutorial provides a gentle and entertaining introduction to main ideas in high-level algorithmic problem solving. The second and main part of the book contains 150 puzzles, from centuries-old classics to newcomers often asked during job interviews at computing, engineering, and financial companies. The puzzles are divided into three groups by their difficulty levels. The first fifty puzzles in the Easier Puzzles section require only middle school mathematics. The sixty puzzle of average difficulty and forty harder puzzles require just high school mathematics plus a few topics such as binary numbers and simple recurrences, which are reviewed in the tutorial. All the puzzles are provided with hints, detailed solutions, and brief comments. The comments deal with the puzzle origins and design or analysis techniques used in the solution. The book should be of interest to puzzle lovers, students and teachers of algorithm courses, and persons expecting to be given puzzles during job interviews.
Author : Joshua Glenn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632860465
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)
Download or read book UNBORED Games written by Joshua Glenn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNBORED Games has all the smarts, creativity, and DIY spirit of the original UNBORED (“It's a book! It's a guide! It's a way of life!” -Los Angeles Magazine), but with a laser-like focus on the activities we do for pure fun: to while away a rainy day, to test our skills and stretch our imaginations-games. There are more than seventy games here, 50 of them all new, plus many more recommendations, and they cover the full gambit, from old-fashioned favorites to today's high-tech games. The book offers a gold mine of creative, constructive fun: intricate clapping games, bike rodeo, Google Earth challenges, croquet golf, capture the flag, and the best ever apps to play with Grandma, to name only a handful. Gaming is a whole culture for kids to explore, and the book will be complete with gaming history and interviews with awesome game designers. The lessons here: all games can be self-customized, or hacked. You can even make up your own games. Some could even change the world. The original UNBORED has taken its place as a much beloved, distinctly contemporary family brand. UNBORED Games extends the franchise -- also including UNBORED Adventure -- in a new handy flexibound format, illustrated in full color throughout. This is a whole shelf of serious fun the whole family can enjoy indoors, outdoors, online and offline.
Author : Melissa Stewart
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608702030
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (87 download)
Download or read book You've Got Nerve! written by Melissa Stewart and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides comprehensive information on the role the brain and nerves play in the body science of humans and animals.
Author : Ella Harris
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781402747946
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Entertain Your Brain written by Ella Harris and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of brain teasers, puzzles, optical illusions, IQ tests, trivia challenges, and math tests designed to help people improve their brain power.
Author : Ben Orlin
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0762499850
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Math Games with Bad Drawings written by Ben Orlin and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and worst-drawing artist Ben Orlin expands his oeuvre with this interactive collection of mathematical games. With 70-plus games, each taking a minute to learn and a lifetime to master, this treasure trove will delight, educate, and entertain. From beloved math popularizer Ben Orlin comes a masterfully compiled collection of dozens of playable mathematical games.This ultimate game chest draws on mathematical curios, childhood classics, and soon-to-be classics, each hand-chosen to be (1) fun, (2) thought-provoking, and (3) easy to play. With just paper, pens, and the occasional handful of coins, you and a partner can enjoy hours of fun—and hours of challenge. Orlin’s sly humor, expansive knowledge, and so-bad-they’re-good drawings show us how simple rules summon our best thinking. Games include: Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe Sprouts Battleship Quantum Go Fish Dots and Boxes Black Hole Order and Chaos Sequencium Paper Boxing Prophecies Arpeggios Banker Francoprussian Labyrinth Cats and Dogs And many more.
Author : Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810119714
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Under the Sky of My Africa written by Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging consideration of the nature and significance of Pushkin's African heritage Roughly in the year 1705, a young African boy, acquired from the seraglio of the Turkish sultan, was transported to Russia as a gift to Peter the Great. This child, later known as Abram Petrovich Gannibal, was to become Peter's godson and to live to a ripe old age, having attained the rank of general and the status of Russian nobility. More important, he was to become the great-grandfather of Russia's greatest national poet, Alexander Pushkin. It is the contention of the editors of this book, borne out by the essays in the collection, that Pushkin's African ancestry has played the role of a "wild card" of sorts as a formative element in Russian cultural mythology; and that the ways in which Gannibal's legacy has been included in or excluded from Pushkin's biography over the last two hundred years can serve as a shifting marker of Russia's self-definition. The first single volume in English on this rich topic, Under the Sky of My Africa addresses the wide variety of interests implicated in the question of Pushkin's blackness-race studies, politics, American studies, music, mythopoetic criticism, mainstream Pushkin studies. In essays that are by turns biographical, iconographical, cultural, and sociological in focus, the authors-representing a broad range of disciplines and perspectives-take us from the complex attitudes toward race in Russia during Pushkin's era to the surge of racism in late Soviet and post-Soviet contemporary Russia. In sum, Under the Sky of My Africa provides a wealth of basic material on the subject as well as a series of provocative readings and interpretations that will influence future considerations of Pushkin and race in Russian culture.
Author : Russell Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136675507
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Creativity in the Primary Curriculum written by Russell Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you striving to establish a more creative and imaginative classroom? Are you interested in: the generosity of creativity; creative conjecture; being an advocate for creativity; welcoming the unexpected, the unpredictable and the unconventional; taking risks; learning which leads to new or original thinking which is of value? If so, this completely updated new edition of a classic text will show you how to achieve these ideals. The book is written in a clear and practical way by leading researchers and practitioners, offering help and advice on the planning and implementation of effective creative teaching and learning, and providing examples of best practice through a rigorous theoretical rationale. A hallmark of the book is its exploration of creativity through curriculum subjects. It builds on this in its first and last chapters by addressing key cross-curricular themes that thread their way throughout the book. Throughout there is an emphasis on critical and reflective practice. New to this edition are: three entirely new chapters on drama, music and geography; an update of the introduction to account for advances in creativity research, policy and practice; a new final chapter identifying cross-curricular themes; greater attention to international dimensions and examples. In this second edition the authors are drawn from six universities which between them produce some of the best education research internationally, and some of the best teacher education. The authors also come from leading national and international organisations such as the National Gallery in London and the Geographical Association. Creaivity for the Primary Curriculum is a core text for both training and practicing Primary teachers who wish to maintain high standards when approaching their teaching.
