The Riddles of the Sphinx: And the Puzzles, Word Games, Brainteasers, Conundrums, Quizzes, Mysteries, Codes and Ciphers That Have Baffled, Entertained and Confused the World Over the Last 100 YearsPenguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 4 dic 2007 - 588 páginas The story of the puzzles, brainteasers, maps, codes, and other mysteries that have entertained and confused the world over the last century From Sudoku to crosswords, Victorian parlor games to lateral thinking, cryptograms to today's latest brainteasers, The Riddles of the Sphinxtells the little-known histories behind a host of puzzles, word games, and riddles and introduces the extraordinary geniuses, eccentrics, rivals, code crackers, and obsessives who invented them. Who would've thought that, for example, Sudoku, Japan's biggest ever puzzle craze, was actually invented by a Swiss mathematician in 1873? Or that the Timescrossword helped Britain win the Second World War? Readers will also find out about the mysterious "Haberdasher's Puzzle," what Sheryl Crow has to do with cruciverbalism, how the World Puzzle Championships are blazing a trail for international relations, and how games help us think and develop. There's even an opportunity to play some devilish games and classic brainteasers, making this the ultimate book for puzzle addicts. |
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The Puzzle Kings 1 | |
The World of Words 65 | |
Codes and Ciphers 117 | 10 |
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Alice Alice and Bob alphabet Anacrostic anagram answer called cards Carroll cells cent chess Classic sudoku clue Codes and Ciphers coins colour column compilers complete contains cross Cruciverbalism Cryptarithm Cryptic crossword Cryptogram cubes diagonal diagram digits eggs English exactly example Fillomino film five flight four Futoshiki Gatherings for Gardner given Gokigen naname grid Henry Dudeney horizontally Japan Rediscovered Japanese Kakuro Killer sudoku lateral thinking letters Lewis Carroll Lloyd King logic look Loyd Loyd's magazine magic square Masyu matches Matchsticks mathematics Mini sudoku move newspaper Nurikabe pair pancakes pieces Planet play possible problem Puzzle Kings Pyramid Quick crossword Riddles route Sam Loyd Slither link Solutions for pages solve solvers Sphinx Thinking Sideways tion Traceword vertically whole number Word ladder Word square Word tracker World of Words