Mammoth Book Of Brain Teasers, The by Stickels Terry

$30.00 NZD

Category: Puzzles | Series: Mammoth Books

This is a three-tiered collection of 400 new original puzzles, simply divided into easy, medium and difficult - a simple structure for a brilliant new book by one of the world's leading puzzlemasters. Ranging from basic brain-teasers to baffling brain-tormenters, these unputdownable puzzles include word play, logic problems, math conundrums and visual/spatial challenges. Figure out the next number in a series, find hidden phrases, or simply determine what a three-dimensional object would look like from two-dimensional drawings ...All require concentration, but none demand any advanced degree or obscure knowledge - just a little patience, practice, and imagination. It's the perfect collection for long car trips, airport layovers and morning coffee breaks. ...Show more

Perplexing Pattern Problems & Other Puzzles by Ivan Moscovich

$20.00 NZD

Category: Puzzles

Sensational Shape Problems & Other Puzzles by Ivan Moscovich

$20.00 NZD

Category: Puzzles

Avid puzzle mavens will spend hours slicing and dicing these wildly-hued brainbusters. That''s because so many of the problems deal with dissecting geometric shapes--polygons, hexagons, squares, even a chessboard--into congruent parts or figuring out how the split parts would fit back together again. Fo r example, to complete "Exploding Star," solvers have to copy the star in the book, cut it carefully into 12 colored pieces, and then rearrange them into four identical replicas of the big star. But this tough but fascinating collection has lots more to offer: there are tangram paradoxes that offer a new spin on the ancient Chinese game, mathematical conundrums dealing with weight and gravity, Egyptian rope puzzles, and host of other complex challenges. ...Show more