Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities by Barry R. Clarke
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This Dover original publication is a collection of recreational creativity puzzles and logic conundrums, many of which appeared in the author's Daily Telegraph column. Most of the riddles are visual, of the “move-one-matchstick” type, or deductive of the “how many coins...” variety. Generally, these do not even require basic algebra skills. Indeed, truly mathematical puzzles or at least ones with a mathematical presentation, are in the slender minority here.
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