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9781402718106
Play supergames for the super-smart. These mind-blowing, brain-bending puzzles use a deviously tricky mix of geometry and combinatronics (the different ways objects can be arranged), and emphasize structure, pattern, and colour. Everything's visual and as enticing to the eye as to the wits. Try to solve the Impossible Domino Bridge Problem: at first glance, the top-heavy structure looks as if it would just tumble. But give it some thought and you'll realize that not only can it be built but that you can build it yourself. Take the Ingenious Tangram Challen put together a Stars Puzz and Draw, Halve, and Quarter all the rooms in a house into equal-size spaces. There's illuminating background information on the puzzles' origins, too. Deviously tricky supergames for the super-smart Visually enticing full colour puzzles Background information on the puzzles' origins Companion to "Fiendishly Frustrating Brain-Twisting PuzzlesMoscovich, Ivan is the author of 'Deviously Difficult Mind-bending Puzzles', published 2005 under ISBN 9781402718106 and ISBN 1402718101.
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